The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
ANTON CHEKHOVWithout a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe more refined one is, the more unhappy.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’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.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
ANTON CHEKHOVWrite, write, write-till your fingers break.
ANTON CHEKHOVEven while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan will become better when you show him what he is like.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVWe learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
ANTON CHEKHOVOnly during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
ANTON CHEKHOVWisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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