In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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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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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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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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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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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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