Wife Quotes by Anton Chekhov

13 Wife quotes by Anton Chekhov

Chekhov’s brief yet poignant observations, thirteen in total, capture the quiet emotional currents that flow through a marital relationship.

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If only one tooth aches, rejoice that not all of them ache… If your wife betrays you, be glad that she betrayed…

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I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...

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I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If…

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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

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It is as acceptable now to love the wives of others as it is to smoke their cigars and read their books.

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Once you've married, be strict but just with your wife, don't allow her to forget herself, and when a misunderstanding arises, say:…

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Narrative prose is a legal wife, while drama is a posturing, boisterous, cheeky and wearisome mistress.

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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in…

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I feel more confident and more satisfied when I reflect that I have two professions and not one. Medicine is my lawful…

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“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with…

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Love is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples love in…

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I often wonder: suppose we could begin life over again, knowing what we were doing? Suppose we could use one life, already…

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Ivanov: Once I worked hard and thought a lot but I never got tired; now I do nothing and think of nothing,…

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Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

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While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely…

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“Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to wipe out the Krauts, finish, but…

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“My holy of holies are the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom - freedom from force and falsity,…

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“What we have, we do not treasure,” and what’s more we do not even love it.”

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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are…

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“It is my opinion that every woman can be a writer.”

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“His reading suggested a man swimming in the sea among the wreckage of his ship, and trying to save his life by greedily clutching…

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“Experience often repeated, truly bitter experience, had taught him long ago that with decent people, especially Moscow people -- always slow to move and…

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“Why do you always wear black?” "I am mourning for my life.”

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