727 Quotes by Anton Chekhov

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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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    When a woman isn’t beautiful, people always say, ‘You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.’

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    Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.

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    I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey – is it possible that’s attractive to women?

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    I can only regard with bewilderment an educated man who is also religious.

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    Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

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    When an actor has money he doesn’t send letters, he sends telegrams.

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    An artist’s flair is sometimes worth a scientist’s brains.

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    What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won’t seem important at all.

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