Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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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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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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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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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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