Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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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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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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