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“Сотни верст пустынной, однообразной, выгоревшей степи не могут нагнать такого уныния, как один человек, когда он сидит, говорит и неизвестно, когда он уйдет.”
― Anton Chekhov, Дом c Мезонином.

“Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.”
― Anton Chekhov

“Man will become better when you show him what he is like.”
― Anton Chekhov

“There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.”
― Anton Pavlovič Čechov

“Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Three Sisters

“To fear love is to fear life, and those whose fear life are already three parts dead...”
― Anton Chekhov

“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

“Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Portable Chekhov

“. . . who loved without any genuine feeling, with superfluous phrases, affectedly, hysterically, with an expression that suggested that it was not love nor passion, but something more significant; . . .”
― Anton Chekhov

“Only one who loves can remember so well.”
― Anton Chekhov, Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov