All Anton Chekhov Quotes
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
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Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
Anton Chekhov
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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
Anton Chekhov
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If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.
Anton Chekhov
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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Anton Chekhov
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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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A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
Anton Chekhov
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One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
Anton Chekhov
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Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Anton Chekhov
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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.
Anton Chekhov
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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.
Anton Chekhov
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When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
Anton Chekhov
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