Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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