Anton Chekhov on Marriage
1860–1904 Russia
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Hoping for the critics' indulgence, the author asks to send money for his story immediately, otherwise his wife and kids will die of hunger.
Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.
I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache.... If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed only you and not the nation.
I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If it’s tobacco, then let it be tobacco.
On the Harmfulness of Tobacco (1886)