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I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more.
Anton Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards.
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A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.
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When a man fails to understand something he is conscious of a discord, and seeks for the cause of it not in himself, as he should, but outside himself - hence the war with what he does not understand.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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When a person hasn't in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog's bark in every sound.
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All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
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It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.
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It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
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..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.
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One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work.
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A man can deceive his fiancee or his mistress as much as he likes and, in the eyes of a woman he loves, an ass may pass for a philosopher. But a daughter is a different matter.
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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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If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.
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