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.
ANTON CHEKHOVOnly during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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 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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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