In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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 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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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