Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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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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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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