It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhat a delight it is to respect people!
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Man is what he believes.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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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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