It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVOh, 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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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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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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