Quote by Anton Chekhov
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over

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

Other quotes by Anton Chekhov

Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms. – Anton Chekhov

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Apathy
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If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Dont you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions? – Anton Chekhov

Category:
communication
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I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep. – Pierre Beaumarchais

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Im afraid of being average. I have a real fear of being just another linebacker. – Junior Seau

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Fear

The Feminist Me says that a womans right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps. – Julie Burchill

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I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out. – Dean Inge

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