Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Man is what he believes.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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