Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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    Despicable means used to achieve laudable goals renders the goals themselves despicable.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    I think that it would be less difficult to live eternally than to be deprived of sleep throughout life.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    Instructing in cures, therapists always recommend that “each case be individualized.” If this advice is followed, one becomes persuaded that those means recommended in textbooks as the best, means perfectly appropriate for the template case, turn out to be completely unsuitable in individual cases.
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)