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Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) Russian playwright and fiction writer. Known for vivid portrayals of harsh Russian life without romantic illusion.

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Anton Chekhov Quotes and Quotations

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

- Anton Chekhov | Bores and Boredom Quotes

Medicine is my lawful wife. Literature is my mistress.

- Anton Chekhov | Literature Quotes

A man and a woman marry because both of them don't know what to do with themselves.

- Anton Chekhov | Marriage Quotes

Conciseness is the sister of talent.

- Anton Chekhov | Talent Quotes

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying . . . one must ruthlessly suppress everything that is not concerned with the subject. If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on the wall, you should make quite sure that it is going to be used further on in the story.

- Anton Chekhov | Writers and Writing Quotes

Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth."

- Anton Chekhov | Happiness Quotes

Posterity will say as usual: "In the past things were better, the present is worse than the past."

- Anton Chekhov | The Past Quotes

Any idiot can face a crisis-it's day to day living that wears you out.

- Anton Chekhov | Boring Days Quotes

Man is what he believes.

- Anton Chekhov | Positive Quotes

If you cry "Forward," you must make plain in what direction to go.

- Anton Chekhov | Goals Quotes

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

- Anton Chekhov | Introspection Quotes

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

- Anton Chekhov | Acting Quotes

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

- Anton Chekhov | Crisis Quotes