Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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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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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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