Anton Chekhov Quotes, Dog Quotes, Hypocrite Quotes

Common hypocrites pass themselves off as doves; political and literary hypocrites pose as eagles. But don't be fooled by their eagle-like appearance. These are not eagles, but rats or dogs.

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It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment.

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A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm.

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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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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

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The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.

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Man will become better when you show him what he is like.

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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

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Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?

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Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant.

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Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else's opinion and without the fear of hindering one another.

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To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.

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Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

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..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.

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Let the things that happen on the stage be just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created, or their lives are being smashed up.

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Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will be great misunderstandings and deep disappointments… you must be prepared for all this, expect it and nevertheless, stubbornly, fanatically follow your own way.

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When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.

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God's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!

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The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

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