If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
ANTON CHEKHOVMoney, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Even while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
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Everyone has the same God; only people differ.
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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 problem is that we attempt to solve the simplest questions cleverly, thereby rendering them unusually complex. One should seekthe simple solution.
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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.
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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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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.
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The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them.
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