When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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 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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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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