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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.

Anton Chekhov

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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Better Enough Myself Reason Story
The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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Cruelty Ego Happiness People Seperate Understand Unity White
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Discipline Goodness People Precise
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
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.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Knowledge Life Myself Philosophy
My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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Body Freedom Health Holy Human Intelligence Manifestation Talent Violence
The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Culture Fortunate Himself Man
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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Myself People Reading Short Work
When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Action Grace Motion Oneself Person
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Goodness Guest Humor Meet People Sincere Speed
Brevity – the sister of talent.
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One Liner Talent
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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Knowledge Practice Value
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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Problem Question Simplicity Solution Solve
Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Crisis Day Face Idiot Live
I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Education Man Myself Regard Religious
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.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Death Life Myself See Thinking Tree Wind

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