There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
ANTON CHEKHOVFaith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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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.
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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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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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