727 Quotes by Anton Chekhov
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It’s worth living abroad to study up on genteel and delicate manners. The maid smiles continuously; she smiles like a duchess on a stage, while at the same time it is clear from her face that she is exhausted from overwork.
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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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Three o’clock in the morning. The soft April night is looking at my windows and caressingly winking at me with its stars. I can’t sleep, I am so happy.
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If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.
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It is the writer’s business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment.
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When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.
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Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.
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You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible.
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Doctors are the same as lawyers, the sole difference being that lawyers only rob you, but doctors rob you and kill you too.
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