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.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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