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.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan will become better when you show him what he is like.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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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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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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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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