When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
ANTON CHEKHOVLife is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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It’s not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.
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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read – my own or other people’s works – it all seems to me not short enough.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.
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If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
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Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
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Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would be like that with me. That if I died I would still be part of life in one way or another.
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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
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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.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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