You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
ANTON CHEKHOVThey say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Man is what he believes.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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Everything 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.
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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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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