People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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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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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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