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.
ANTON CHEKHOVWisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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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.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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