"The secret of boring people lies in telling…" — Anton Chekhov

"The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything."

— Anton Chekhov

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246 Quotes by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov has 246 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with…
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you…
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every…
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

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More Boredom Quotes

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In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
I have a fear of being boring. — Christian Bale
No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film. — Robert Adams
Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. — Walter Benjamin
Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that… — Renata Adler
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. — Ambrose Bierce
For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life… — Joseph Brodsky
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do. — Lenny Bruce
The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
I am quite serious when I say that I do not believe there are, on the whole earth besides, so… — Warren Buffett
In the U.S., you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. — William S. Burroughs

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