He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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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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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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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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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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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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