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Quotes from Note-Book of Anton Chekhov — Anton Chekhov

1860–1904 Russia

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30 quotes

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)

Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is.

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There is not a single criterion which can serve as the measure of the non-existent, of the non-human.

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

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

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Death is terrible, but still more terrible is the feeling that you might live for ever and never die.

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People love talking of their diseases, although they are the most uninteresting things in their lives.

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How intolerable people are sometimes who are happy and successful in everything.

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It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.

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Although you may tell lies, people will believe you, if only you speak with authority.

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Mankind has conceived history as a series of battles; hitherto it has considered fighting as the main thing in life.

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

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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

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A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog.

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We fret ourselves to reform life, in order that posterity may be happy, and posterity will say as usual: "In the past it used to be better, the present is worse than the past."

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How pleasant it is to respect people! When I see books, I am not concerned with how the authors loved or played cards; I see only their marvelous works.

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There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.

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

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

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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anton Chekhov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.