The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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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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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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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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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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