In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhat seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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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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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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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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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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