Quotes by Anton Chekhov

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

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Man is what he believes.

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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and...

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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare,...

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It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

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If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the...

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How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

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Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must...

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken...

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