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That can not possibly be, because it could never possibly be.
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We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Love is a scandal of the personal sort.
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Anton Chekhov |
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A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
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Anton Chekhov |
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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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Anton Chekhov |
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It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.
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Anton Chekhov |
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If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.
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Anton Chekhov |
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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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Anton Chekhov |
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Anton Chekhov |
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d10c064
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Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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Anton Chekhov |
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People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share.
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Anton Chekhov |
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She read a lot, wrote letters without the letter ', ...
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Anton Chekhov |
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Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.
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Anton Chekhov |
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A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog.
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Anton Chekhov |
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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Anton Chekhov |
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The more refined the more unhappy.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
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Anton Chekhov |
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It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.
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Anton Chekhov |
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They say: "In the long run truth will triumph;" but it is untrue.
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Anton Chekhov |
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When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters but telegrams.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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Anton Chekhov |
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Although you may tell lies, people will believe you, if only you speak with authority.
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Anton Chekhov |
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As I shall lie in the grave alone, so in fact I live alone.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Our self-esteem and conceit are European, but our culture and actions are Asiatic.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.
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Anton Chekhov |
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How intolerable people are sometimes who are happy and successful in everything.
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Anton Chekhov |
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5d29076
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There is no Monday which will not give its place to Tuesday.
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Anton Chekhov |
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A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Oh, what women are here!
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Anton Chekhov |
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I was so drunk the whole time that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Writers are as jealous as pigeons.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state.
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Anton Chekhov |
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One must speak about serious things seriously.
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Anton Chekhov |
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The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.
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Anton Chekhov |
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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Anton Chekhov |
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It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesn't understand.
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Anton Chekhov |
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I have in my head a whole army of people pleading to be let out and awaiting my commands.
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Anton Chekhov |
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We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well.
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Anton Chekhov |
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In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish--that is their strength.
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