If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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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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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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