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.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe more refined one is, the more unhappy.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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