The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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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.
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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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What a delight it is to respect people!
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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