An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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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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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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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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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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