Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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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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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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