Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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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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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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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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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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It’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.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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