Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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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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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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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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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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