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Anton Chekhov has 248 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
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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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Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill…
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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
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The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
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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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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'
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Good people are seldom fully recognised during their lifetimes, and here, there are serious problems of corruption. One day it will be…
— Alice Stewart
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There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied…
— Unknown Author
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I like to say, when asked why I pursue science, that it is to satisfy my curiosity, that I am by nature…
— John Archibald Wheeler
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Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and…
— Plutarch
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There's a joke in economics about the drunk who loses his keys in the street but only looks for them under the…
— Christina Romer
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When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.
— Anton Chekhov
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Once, long ago, Parminder had told Barry the story of Bhai Kanhaiya, the Sikh hero who had administered to the needs of…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Sweet example of true relationship: Small girl and boy are seen crying together. When asked why? Girl says My doll has broken.…
— Azgraybebly Joslan
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