Brevity – the sister of talent.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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Man is what he believes.
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An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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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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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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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.
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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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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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