A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOVTo regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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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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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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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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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
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If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
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People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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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.
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It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
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Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.
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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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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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I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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