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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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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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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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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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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