The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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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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A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
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A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it.
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When a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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