To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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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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Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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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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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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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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People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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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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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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