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.
ANTON CHEKHOVI kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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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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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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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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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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