Anton Chekhov
Russian · 1860–1904
Russian playwright and short story master whose understated, psychologically nuanced dramas revolutionized modern theater with their focus on mood, subtext, and ordinary life.
Wikipedia ↗“Медицина — моя законная жена, а литература — любовница.”
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“Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.”
“The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.”
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“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired.”
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Sonya
“Мы отдохнём! Мы услышим ангелов, мы увидим всё небо в алмазах.”
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“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”
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Masha
“В Москве ничего не понимают. Главное, не понимают главного.”
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“In Moscow they don't understand anything. The most important thing is, they don't understand the most important thing.”
Vershinin
“Что ж? Через двести-триста лет жизнь на земле будет невообразимо прекрасной, изумительной.”
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“What does it matter? In two hundred or three hundred years life on earth will be unimaginably beautiful, astonishing. Man needs such a life, and if it hasn't come yet he must anticipate it, wait for it, dream about it.”
“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”
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“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”
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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
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“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
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“Если боитесь одиночества, то не женитесь.”
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“If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.”