For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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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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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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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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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Man is what he believes.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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