What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
ANTON CHEKHOVMy 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.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
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If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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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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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
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I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
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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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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
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