It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVA woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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