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.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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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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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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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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