I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
ANTON CHEKHOVLet 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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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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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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