If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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