I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
ANTON CHEKHOVI don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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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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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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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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