It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOVWomen can’t forgive failure.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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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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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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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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