It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
ANTON CHEKHOVWomen can’t forgive failure.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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