I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
ANTON CHEKHOVHe is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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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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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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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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