What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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