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.
ANTON CHEKHOVI observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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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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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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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