Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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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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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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