Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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When 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.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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