My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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