The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
ANTON CHEKHOVEven while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Man is what he believes.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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