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 CHEKHOVIf in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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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.
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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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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.
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Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
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Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.
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