When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Write, write, write-till your fingers break.
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He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.
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In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
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Man is what he believes.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.
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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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