Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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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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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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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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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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
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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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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer 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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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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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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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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