Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
ANTON CHEKHOVThis life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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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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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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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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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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