Anton Chekhov Short Quotes

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A doctor is called in, but a nurse sent for.

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Any result divided by infinity gives nothing.

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He who constantly swims in the ocean loves dry land.

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Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.

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Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.

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A writer should not so much write as embroider on paper

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The air of one's native country is the most healthy air.

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Ah, but ignorance is better. At least then there's hope.

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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

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As I shall lie in the grave alone, so in fact I live alone.

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A man who doesn't drink is not, in my opinion, fully a man.

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It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

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There is no Monday which will not give its place to Tuesday.

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That can not possibly be, because it could never possibly be.

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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

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When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters but telegrams.

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You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

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They say: "In the long run truth will triumph;" but it is untrue.

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Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.

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It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said.

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But perhaps the universe is suspended on the tooth of some monster.

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We learn about life not from pluses alone, but from minuses as well.

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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

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Tell me what you want, and I will tell you what manner of man you are.

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