Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
ANTON CHEKHOVEvery person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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A good upbringing means not that you won’t spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won’t notice it when someone else does.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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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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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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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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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 aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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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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