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.
ANTON CHEKHOVBrevity – the sister of talent.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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