Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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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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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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