There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
ANTON CHEKHOVA woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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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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Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
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Write only of what is important and eternal.
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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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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If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
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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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Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.
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For God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
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