La Cerisaie (Вишнёвый сад), 1904
Anton Tchekhov Citations
Anton Tchekhov: Citations en anglais
Letter to I.P. Chekhov (October 2, 1897)
Letters
Anton Chekhov livre After the Theatre
After the Theatre (1892)
Letter to A.S. Suvorin (May 7, 1889)
Letters
“Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it.”
Anton Chekhov livre Three Years
Three Years (1895)
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
Letter to D.V. Grigorovich (February 5, 1888)
Letters
“Great Jove angry is no longer Jove.”
Act I http://books.google.com/books?id=RLrfgZwfeeUC&q=%22Great+Jove+angry+is+no+longer+Jove%22&pg=PA14#v=onepage <br class="br">The Seagull (1896)
“The more refined the more unhappy.”
Alernate translation: The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
Чем культурнее, тем несчастнее.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
“Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.”
Alternate translation: Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
Тогда человек станет лучше, когда вы покажете ему, каков он есть…
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
“How easy it is, Doctor, to be a philosopher on paper, and how hard it is in life!”
Anton Chekhov The Seagull
Как легко, доктор, быть философом на бумаге и как это трудно на деле! <br class="br"> Act IV http://books.google.com/books?id=ENtYy7K9UmIC&q=%22%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%BE+%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80+%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D1%8C+%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BC+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B5+%D0%B8+%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA+%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%BE+%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%BE+%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%22&pg=PT51#v=onepage <br class="br">The Seagull (1896)
“The air of one’s native country is the most healthy air.”
Letter to his brother, G.M. Chekhov (January 1895)
Letters
Alternate translation: Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
Ни одна наша смертная мерка не годится для суждения о небытии, о том, что не есть человек.
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
Letter to A.S. Suvorin (April 13, 1895)
Letters
Letter to N.A. Leikin (December 24, 1886)
Letters
Letter to Alexei Pleshcheev (October 4, 1888)
Letters
Letter to E.M. Shavrova (September 16, 1891)
Letters
“A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog.”
Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921)
“Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.”
Letter to A.S. Suvorin (November 1889)
Letters
“If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work.”
Anton Chekhov livre The Princess
The Princess (1889)
“A man who doesn’t drink is not, in my opinion, fully a man.”
Letter to N.A. Leikin (May 8, 1895)
Letters
Letter to A.S. Suvorin (February 23, 1890)
Letters
Letter to I.L. Leontev (March 22, 1890)
Letters
