Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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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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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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When a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
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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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The problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Women can’t forgive failure.
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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