They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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