The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
ANTON CHEKHOVEach of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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