The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
ANTON CHEKHOVCalculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
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Man is what he believes.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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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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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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