When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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