Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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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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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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