You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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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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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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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