I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest.
ANTON CHEKHOVFor God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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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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Man is what he believes.
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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 I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
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What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.
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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 refined one is, the more unhappy.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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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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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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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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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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Brevity – the sister of talent.
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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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Women can’t forgive failure.
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