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Anton Chekhov quotes: And here I, her own father, here I took thirty copecks of that money for a drink! And I am drinking it! And I have already drunk it! And here I, her own father, here I took thirty copecks of that money for a drink! And I am drinking it! And I have already drunk it!
Anton Chekhov quotes: Jews have sprung up and are amassing money, Jews have sprung up and are amassing money,
Anton Chekhov quotes: Lice consume grass, rust consumes iron, and lying the soul! Lice consume grass, rust consumes iron, and lying the soul!
Anton Chekhov quotes: I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious. I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them. The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
Anton Chekhov quotes: When a woman is plain, people say, 'What beautiful eyes you have, beautiful hair. When a woman is plain, people say, 'What beautiful eyes you have, beautiful hair.
Anton Chekhov quotes: You look boldly ahead; isn't it only that you don't see or divine anything terrible in the future; because life is still hidden from your young eyes. You look boldly ahead; isn't it only that you don't see or divine anything terrible in the future; because life is still hidden from your young eyes.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you fear loneliness, then don't get married. If you fear loneliness, then don't get married.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
Anton Chekhov quotes: We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
Anton Chekhov quotes: What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself. What a fine weather today! Can't choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
Anton Chekhov quotes: my whole life is nothing else than a daily effort to deceive myself and other people, and to avoid noticing it; my whole life is nothing else than a daily effort to deceive myself and other people, and to avoid noticing it;
Anton Chekhov quotes: To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards. To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards.
Anton Chekhov quotes: In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit. In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The Russian loves recalling life, but he does not love living. The Russian loves recalling life, but he does not love living.
Anton Chekhov quotes: and only waking from this nightmare at rare intervals in the tavern; and only waking from this nightmare at rare intervals in the tavern;
Anton Chekhov quotes: Oh, how people love to disappear from your life. Especially when you already got attached to them. Oh, how people love to disappear from your life. Especially when you already got attached to them.
Anton Chekhov quotes: And the man who seeks salvation in change of place like a migrating bird would find nothing anywhere, for all the world is alike to him. And the man who seeks salvation in change of place like a migrating bird would find nothing anywhere, for all the world is alike to him.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly. The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Anton Chekhov quotes: A good person will feel guilty even before a dog. A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The sea has neither meaning nor pity. The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
Anton Chekhov quotes: [W]hen people are ashamed they hold aloof, above all from those nearest to them, and are unreserved with strangers [W]hen people are ashamed they hold aloof, above all from those nearest to them, and are unreserved with strangers
Anton Chekhov quotes: Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
Anton Chekhov quotes: There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.(The Mill) There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble.
(The Mill)
Anton Chekhov quotes: To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow! To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow!
Anton Chekhov quotes: Nobody asks her not to understand! It's a lesson for these foreigners! Nobody asks her not to understand! It's a lesson for these foreigners!
Anton Chekhov quotes: There are a great many wicked people in the world," said Emelyan. There are a great many wicked people in the world," said Emelyan.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Every science has a beginning but no end. Every science has a beginning but no end.
Anton Chekhov quotes: There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent. There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Then I feel so happy and at the same time so sad, it's unimaginable. Then I feel so happy and at the same time so sad, it's unimaginable.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886) Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)
Anton Chekhov quotes: Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf. Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me. Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work. If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Wisdom ... comes not from age, but from education and learning. Wisdom ... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
Anton Chekhov quotes: civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty. civilization has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.
Anton Chekhov quotes: It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure. If many remedies are prescribed for an illness, you may be certain that the illness has no cure.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does. Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self. Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
Anton Chekhov quotes: People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Anton Chekhov quotes: I believe that nothing passes without a trace and that each of our smallest steps has significance for the present and the future. I believe that nothing passes without a trace and that each of our smallest steps has significance for the present and the future.
Anton Chekhov quotes: It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person. It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you ever have need of my life, come and take it. If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse. Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse.
Anton Chekhov quotes: To believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man! To believe in God is not hard. Inquisitors, Byron and Arakcheev believed in Him. No, believe in man!
Anton Chekhov quotes: His cheeks, his eyes, his chest, his body, all of him was so well fed, so loathsome and repellent! His cheeks, his eyes, his chest, his body, all of him was so well fed, so loathsome and repellent!
Anton Chekhov quotes: How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how difficult in real life! How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how difficult in real life!
Anton Chekhov quotes: If life has any meaning or purpose, you won't find it in happiness, but in something more rational, in something greater. If life has any meaning or purpose, you won't find it in happiness, but in something more rational, in something greater.
Anton Chekhov quotes: A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other. A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself. If you want to work on your acting, work on yourself.
Anton Chekhov quotes: MASHA : Happiness does not depend on riches; poor men are often happy. MASHA : Happiness does not depend on riches; poor men are often happy.
Anton Chekhov quotes: I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters. I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go. If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.
Anton Chekhov quotes: the standard of culture is falling, the standard of culture is falling,
Anton Chekhov quotes: Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs. Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The University brings out all abilities, including incapability. The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be. Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you want women to love you, then don't be cross in front of them and don't go all pompous ... -Anna Petrovna in Ivanov If you want women to love you, then don't be cross in front of them and don't go all pompous ... -Anna Petrovna in Ivanov
Anton Chekhov quotes: I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me. I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Perhaps a man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five known to us are destroyed and the remaining ninety-five are left alive. Perhaps a man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five known to us are destroyed and the remaining ninety-five are left alive.
Anton Chekhov quotes: The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it. The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
Anton Chekhov quotes: there--hang analysis! Why, is a man likely to interpret his sensations when he is flying head foremost from there--hang analysis! Why, is a man likely to interpret his sensations when he is flying head foremost from
Anton Chekhov quotes: How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out. How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.
Anton Chekhov quotes: When a person expends the least possible amount of energy on a certain act, that is grace. When a person expends the least possible amount of energy on a certain act, that is grace.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is. Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.
Anton Chekhov quotes: And a pretty wife involves a great deal of anxiety. And a pretty wife involves a great deal of anxiety.
Anton Chekhov quotes: We should show life neither as it is, nor as it should be, but as we see it in our dreams. We should show life neither as it is, nor as it should be, but as we see it in our dreams.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Such sick dreams always remain long in the memory and make a powerful impression on the overwrought and deranged nervous system. Raskolnikov Such sick dreams always remain long in the memory and make a powerful impression on the overwrought and deranged nervous system. Raskolnikov
Anton Chekhov quotes: No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand ... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing. No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand ... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Your insincerity is natural and in the order of things. If people agreed together and suddenly became sincere, Your insincerity is natural and in the order of things. If people agreed together and suddenly became sincere,
Anton Chekhov quotes: Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it. Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it.
Anton Chekhov quotes: He did nothing and knew how to do nothing. He He did nothing and knew how to do nothing. He
Anton Chekhov quotes: I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write.
Anton Chekhov quotes: You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves. Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.
Anton Chekhov quotes: And really is there anything in the world more captivating than a beautiful young mother with a healthy baby in her arms? 'What And really is there anything in the world more captivating than a beautiful young mother with a healthy baby in her arms? 'What
Anton Chekhov quotes: If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him. If you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
Anton Chekhov quotes: All saints have past and all sinners have a future. All saints have past and all sinners have a future.
Anton Chekhov quotes: A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.
Anton Chekhov quotes: A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.
Anton Chekhov quotes: In your books I have flung myself into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, slain, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms In your books I have flung myself into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, slain, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms
Anton Chekhov quotes: She is far above the crowd! He, he, he ... and she doesn't reckon us as human beings. She is far above the crowd! He, he, he ... and she doesn't reckon us as human beings.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Anton Chekhov quotes: You are confusing two notions, "the solution of a problem" and "the correct posing of the question". Only the second is essential for the artist. You are confusing two notions, "the solution of a problem" and "the correct posing of the question". Only the second is essential for the artist.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Writers are as jealous as pigeons. Writers are as jealous as pigeons.
Anton Chekhov quotes: If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there
Anton Chekhov quotes: Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it. Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die. Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Shabelsky: Doctors are the same as lawyers, the sole difference being that lawyers only rob you, but doctors rob you and kill you too ... Shabelsky: Doctors are the same as lawyers, the sole difference being that lawyers only rob you, but doctors rob you and kill you too ...
Anton Chekhov quotes: And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life. And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Why do you always wear black?""I am mourning for my life. Why do you always wear black?"
"I am mourning for my life.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them. Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Write only of what is important and eternal. Write only of what is important and eternal.
Anton Chekhov quotes: A person loves to talk about his illnesses although that is the least interesting part of his life. A person loves to talk about his illnesses although that is the least interesting part of his life.
Anton Chekhov quotes: To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible fortune is so sweet, so thrilling! To torment and tantalize oneself with hopes of possible fortune is so sweet, so thrilling!
Anton Chekhov quotes: And therefore I should be very desirous to be united in the bonds of Hymen And therefore I should be very desirous to be united in the bonds of Hymen
Anton Chekhov quotes: Nobody dies of hysterics, though. They don't matter. God gave woman hysterics as a relief. Nobody dies of hysterics, though. They don't matter. God gave woman hysterics as a relief.
Anton Chekhov quotes: Ivan Ivanyches,' sighed the Ivan Ivanyches,' sighed the
Anton Chekhov quotes: To advise is not to compel. To advise is not to compel.

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