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Anton Chekhov Quotes

Anton Chekhov quotes about good

Russian Playwright January 29, 1860 – July 14, 1904

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We are accustomed to live in hopes of good weather, a good harvest, a nice love-affair, hopes of becoming rich or getting the office of chief of police, but I've never noticed anyone hoping to get wiser. We say to ourselves: it'll be better under a new tsar, and in two hundred years it'll still be better, and nobody tries to make this good time come tomorrow. On the whole, life gets more and more complex every day and moves on its own sweet will, and people get more and more stupid, and get... Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov quote: "If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work."
If one wants to lead a good life, A HUMAN LIFE, one must work. Anton Chekhov
I was oppressed with a sense of vague discontent and dissatisfaction with my own life, which was passing so quickly and uninterestingly, and I kept thinking it would be a good thing if I could tear my heart out of my breast, that heart which had grown so weary of life. Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov quote: "To judge between good or bad, between successful and..."
To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God. Anton Chekhov
Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasure...Either I am a fool and a self-conceited person, or I am a being capable of becoming a good writer; I am displeased and bored with everything now being written, while everything in my head interests, moves, and excites me--whence I draw the conclusion that no one is doing what is needed, and I alone know the secret of how it should be done. In all likelihood... Anton Chekhov
[Six principles that make for a good story:] 1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of a political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality: flee the stereotype; 6. compassion. Anton Chekhov
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. Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov quote: "There are a great many opinions in the world, and a good half..."
There are a great many opinions in the world, and a good half of them are held by people who have never been in trouble! Anton Chekhov
There are a great many opinions in this world, and a good half of them are professed by people who have never been in trouble."(The Mill) Anton Chekhov
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does. Anton Chekhov

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