When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
ANTON CHEKHOVJust as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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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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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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