Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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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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