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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
Anton Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Antón Pávlovič Čéhov
Antón Pávlovich Chékhov
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read - my own or other people's works - it all seems to me not short enough.
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It's worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.
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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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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life you won't intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.
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Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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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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To believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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There are in life conjunctions of circumstances when the reproach that we are not Voltaires is least of all appropriate.
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Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse.
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I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.
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Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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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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..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.
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