I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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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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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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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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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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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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