There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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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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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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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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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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