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• In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

  Anton Chekhov

  Spirit, Remains, Permanent

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1923). “The Plays of Tchekhov”

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• Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it is clear and does not detain one's attention. On the other hand, it is difficult to figure out and hard on the brain if I write: "The tall, narrow-chested man of medium height and with a red beard sat down on the green grass that had already been trampled down by the pedestrians, sat down silently, looking around timidly and fearfully." The brain can't grasp all that at once, and art must be grasped at once, instantaneously.

  Anton Chekhov

  Art, Writing, Men

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• It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.

  Anton Chekhov

  Rich, Poor, Easier

  Anton Chekhov (2015). “The Life and Genius of Anton Chekhov: Letters, Diary, Reminiscences and Biography: Assorted Collection of Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned Russian Author and Playwright of Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, The Three Sisters and The Seagull”, p.329, e-artnow

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• We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

  Anton Chekhov

  Peace, Inspiration, Losing A Loved One

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Ronald Hingley (1998). “Five Plays”, p.167, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

  Anton Chekhov

  Husband, Moon, Sky

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

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• Exquisite nature, daydreams, and music say one thing, real life another.

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  Real, Daydreaming, Exquisite

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• The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

  Anton Chekhov

  Happiness, Knowledge, Inner Peace

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• When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind.

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  Dog, Writing, Eye

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• The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy...

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  Happiness, Thinking, Greed

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

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• Women can't forgive failure.

  Anton Chekhov

  Forgiving, Can't Forgive

  'The Seagull' (1896) act 2

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• What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all.

  Anton Chekhov

  Important, Serious, Forgotten

  "The Three Sisters". Play by Anton Chekhov, Act I, 1901.

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• When men ask me how I know so much about men, they get a simple answer: everything I know about men, I learned from me.

  Anton Chekhov

  Writing, Simple, Men

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• Man will become better when you show him what he is like.

  Anton Chekhov

  Men, Blank Slates, Insight

  Note-Book of Anton Chekhov, 1921.

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• At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people.

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  Happiness, Happy, Responsibility

  "Gooseberries". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1898.

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• In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because--I don't know why.

  Anton Chekhov

  Stories, Too Much, Enough

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1964). “Letters on the short story, the drama, and other literary topics”

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• Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

  Anton Chekhov

  Lying, Essence, Graves

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• If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it.

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  Use, Claims, Ifs

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• Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self.

  Anton Chekhov

  Self, Selfishness, Annihilation

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• An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.

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  Art, Artist

  Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Michael Henry Heim, Simon Karlinsky (1973). “Anton Chekhov's Life and Thought: Selected Letters and Commentary”, p.117, Northwestern University Press

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• Probably nature itself gave man the ability to lie so that in difficult and tense moments he could protect his nest, just as do the vixen and wild duck.

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  Lying, Men, Ducks

  "Difficult People". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1886.

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• The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.

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  World, Existentialism, Metaphysics

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• Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.

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  Life, Death, Forever

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• He who doesn't know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master; the interests of public life are alien to anyone who is unable to enjoy others' successes, and such a person should never be entrusted with public affairs.

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  Aliens, Affair, Should

  Letter to A. N. Pleshcheev, October 25, 1888.

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• Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms.

  Anton Chekhov

  Hurricanes, Wave, Form

  "The Letter". Short story by Anton Chekhov, 1887.

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• The teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.

  Anton Chekhov

  Teacher, Artist, Actors

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