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.
ANTON CHEKHOVTo judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Each 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.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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