My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
ANTON CHEKHOVWrite only of what is important and eternal.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take 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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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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