For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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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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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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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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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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