Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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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.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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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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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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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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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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