"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to……" — Anton Chekhov
"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."
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Anton Chekhov
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246 Quotes by Anton Chekhov
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with…
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you…
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every…
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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'
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More Dearer Quotes
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one of 79 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
— Aristotle
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I love you more than word can wield the matter, Dearer than eye-sight, space and liberty
— William Shakespeare
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The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.
— Woodrow Wilson
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For there is assuredly nothing dearer to a man than wisdom, and though age takes away all else, it undoubtedly…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Freedom is dearer than bread or joy.
— Unknown Author
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It is thyself, mine own self's better part; Mine eye's clear eye, my dear heart's dearer heart; My food, my…
— William Shakespeare
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There never was a good war," said Franklin. "There have indeed been many wars in which a good man must…
— Charles Eliot Norton
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Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "Indeed, an ignorant man who is generous is dearer to God than a worshipper who…
— Muhammad ibn Isa at-Tirmidhi
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When those deserving of Paradise would enter Paradise, the Blessed and the Exalted would ask: Do you wish Me to…
— Muhammad
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