The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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 illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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