To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
ANTON CHEKHOVDo you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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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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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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