People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
ANTON CHEKHOVHe is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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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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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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My 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.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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