When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan is what he believes.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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