Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
ANTON CHEKHOVWomen can’t forgive failure.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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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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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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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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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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