In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOVDon’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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