If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
ANTON CHEKHOVBetter a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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