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.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you want to work on your art, work on your life.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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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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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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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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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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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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