It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVExquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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