Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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