Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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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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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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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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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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