Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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