The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
ANTON CHEKHOVI expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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