My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
ANTON CHEKHOVFor God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Man is what he believes.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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When 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.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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