If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it. Anton Chekhov More Quotes by Anton Chekhov More Quotes From Anton Chekhov We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating. Anton Chekhov eating feels order It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest. Anton Chekhov depressing men death Love is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples love in the general senseand the love of a man for his wife are both called love. If love is often cruel or destructive, the reasons lie not in love itself, but in the inequality between people. Anton Chekhov love men lying Even in Siberia there is happiness. Anton Chekhov siberia Never bring a cannon on stage in Act I unless you intend to fire it by the last act. Anton Chekhov stage lasts fire Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life. Anton Chekhov conflict battle history Only those young people can be accepted as healthy who refuse to be reconciled with the old order and foolishly or wisely struggle against it - such is the will of nature... Anton Chekhov progress youth way Posterity will say as usual: "In the past things were better, the present is worse than the past. Anton Chekhov posterity usual past Oh, I don't object, of course, to cutting wood from necessity, but why destroy the forests? The woods of Russia are trembling under the blows of the axe. Millions of trees have perished. The homes of the wild animals and birds have been desolated; the rivers are shrinking, and many beautiful landscapes are gone forever. And why? Because men are too lazy and stupid to stoop down and pick up their fuel from the ground. Anton Chekhov stupid home beautiful In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish - that is their strength. Anton Chekhov rubbish pieces should A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm. Anton Chekhov cooking food men Satiation, like any state of vitality, always contains a degree of impudence, and that impudence emerges first and foremost when the sated man instructs the hungry one. Anton Chekhov vitality degrees men No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith. Anton Chekhov lapses people years Eyes - the head's chief of police. They watch and make mental notes. Anton Chekhov police eye watches To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face Anton Chekhov slabs faces mean It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich. Anton Chekhov rich easier poor Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy. Anton Chekhov secrecy real interesting I let myself go at the beginning and write with an easy mind, but by the time I get to the middle I begin to grow timid and to fear my story will be too long. . .That is why the beginning of my stories is always very promising and looks as though I were starting on a novel, and the middle is huddled and timid, and the end is...like fireworks. Anton Chekhov mind writing long Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it Anton Chekhov born talent spirit It's immoral to steal, but you can take things. Anton Chekhov immoral stealing
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