Anton Chekhov Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Silly Quotes

A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems sweet, and gentle, and proper, and not as silly as it really is.

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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

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I would like to be a free artist and nothing else, and I regret God has not given me the strength to be one.

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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

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An actress without talent, forty years old, ate a partridge for dinner, and I felt sorry for the partridge, for it occurred to me that in its life it had been more talented, more sensible, and more honest than the actress.

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In my head there is a whole army of people asking to be let out and waiting for the word of command.

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They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.

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Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read - my own or other people's works - it all seems to me not short enough.

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I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks.

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I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.

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Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.

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I've noticed that people who get married cease to be curious.

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A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.

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To advise is not to compel.

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Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and whole unsuccessful seasons: there will be great misunderstandings and deep disappointments… you must be prepared for all this, expect it and nevertheless, stubbornly, fanatically follow your own way.

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He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

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Never bring a cannon on stage in Act I unless you intend to fire it by the last act.

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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.

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Then I feel so happy and at the same time so sad, it's unimaginable.

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