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.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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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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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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