Brevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVEveryone has the same God; only people differ.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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