If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
ANTON CHEKHOVIn all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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