Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
~ Anton Chekhov

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A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.
~ Anton Chekhov

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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
~ Anton Chekhov

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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
~ Anton Chekhov

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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
~ Anton Chekhov

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Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.
~ Anton Chekhov

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Only entropy comes easy.
~ Anton Chekhov

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People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share.
~ Anton Chekhov

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There is nothing new in art except talent.
~ Anton Chekhov

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