A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOVEverything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Man is what he believes.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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