Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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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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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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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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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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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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