Anton Chekhov Quotes - Page 18

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• God's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!

  Anton Chekhov

  Humility, Justice, Patriotism

  "Letters of Anton Chekhov to His Family and Friends: With Biographical Sketch". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1920.

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• Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else's opinion and without the fear of hindering one another.

  Anton Chekhov

  Memories, Intelligent, Honor

  Anton Chekhov's letter to K.S. Barantsevich, March 30, 1888.

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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.

  Anton Chekhov

  Wall, Writing, Pistols

  "Chekhov at 150: brilliance in brief" by Jake Wallis Simons, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2010.

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• I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept thinking it would be a good thing if I could tear my heart out of my breast, that heart which had grown so weary of life.

  Anton Chekhov

  Heart, Thinking, Tears

  Anton Chekhov (2011). “Forty Stories”, p.309, Vintage

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• I will begin with what in my opinion is your lack of restraint. You are like a spectator in a theatre who expresses his enthusiasm so unrestrainedly that he prevents himself and others from hearing. That lack of restraint is particularly noticeable in the descriptions of nature with which you interrupt dialogues; when one reads them, these descriptions, one wishes they were more compact, shorter, say two or three lines.

  Anton Chekhov

  Nature, Two, Wish

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• I'm the seagull. No, that's not it. I'm an actress. That's it.

  Anton Chekhov

  Actresses, Seagull

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• Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood!

  Anton Chekhov

  Sweet, Children, Attitude

  "The Bishop". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1902.

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

  Anton Chekhov

  Cities, Suffering, Moscow

  "Three Years". Book by Anton Chekhov, 1895.

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