The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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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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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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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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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