If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.
ANTON CHEKHOVHe who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything — except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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When asked, “Why do you always wear black?”, he said, “I am mourning for my life.
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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
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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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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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Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.
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Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
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You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know.
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I expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
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If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
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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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You will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
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