The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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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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