The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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 teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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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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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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