Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
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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To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
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It’s very hard, feeling that you’re no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world.
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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.
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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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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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What a delight it is to respect people!
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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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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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
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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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