The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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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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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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You 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.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
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