Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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 more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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