I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
ANTON CHEKHOVEveryone has the same God; only people differ.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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 is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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Man is what he believes.
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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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