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Famous Anton Chekhov Quotes
“I should think I'm going to be a perpetual student.”
“A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.”
“..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing.”
“It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said.”
“What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create?”
“I was so drunk the whole time that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles.”
“If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter”
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”
“Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.”
“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”
“If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.”
“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”
“Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.”
“When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'”
“If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.”
“Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.”
“One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.”
“The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.”