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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.

Anton Chekhov

Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Clothes Himself Person Rate Soul Thinking
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Afraid Artist Deep Desire Hope
Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Difference God People Philosophy Religious
For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Brain God Lunch Mouth Respect
There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Boredom Depression Insult
When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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Alcohol Drink Life Literature Reality Yourself
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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Believe Impossible Life People Trust Yourself
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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Correction Problem Solve State Writing
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Animal Growth Human Love Nature
Do 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.
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Death Life Myself See Thinking Tree Wind
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Feeling Hard Time Thinking Understand
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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Artist Confusion Correct Obligation Problem Solve Yourself
Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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Alone Essence Grave Live Lying Myself
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Friendship Hate Love People Respect Unity
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Illusion Imagination Truth Worth
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Better Enough Myself Reason Story

This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.

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