727 Quotes by Anton Chekhov

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    A fiance is neither this nor that: he’s left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

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    Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.

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    People’s destinies are so different. Some people drag along, unnoticed and boring – they’re all alike, and they’re all unhappy. Then there are others, like for instance you – you’re one in a million. You’re happy –.

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    To live simply to die is by no means amusing, but to live with the knowledge that you will die before your time, that’s really is idiotic.

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    I have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.

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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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    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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    One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage if it isn’t going to go off. It’s wrong to make promises you don’t mean to keep.

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    It’s better to live down a scandal than to ruin one’s life.

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