It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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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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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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