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.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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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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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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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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