You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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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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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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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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This life of ours, human life is like a flower gloriously blooming in a meadow: along comes a goat, eats it up–no more flower.
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