Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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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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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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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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