Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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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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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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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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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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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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Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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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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