Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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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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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates 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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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Man is what he believes.
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