“By all means I will be married if you wish it. But on these conditions: everything must be as it has been hitherto—that is, she must live in Moscow while I live in the country, and I will come and see her. … I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.”

Letter to A.S. Suvorin (March 23, 1895)
Letters

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "By all means I will be married if you wish it. But on these conditions: everything must be as it has been hitherto—that…" by Anton Chekhov?
Anton Chekhov photo
Anton Chekhov 222
Russian dramatist, author and physician 1860–1904

Related quotes

Cesare Borgia photo
Garth Brooks photo
Harry Schwarz photo

“I wish my country were like I wanted it to be, but as it is not, I hope it will one day get to this way of living.”

Harry Schwarz (1924–2010) South African activist

The Mercury (17 November 2009).
Final speech

Sylvia Plath photo
Frederick IV of Naples photo

“It seems to me that the Pope's son, the Cardinal, is not in a condition for me to give him my daughter to wife. Make a cardinal who can marry and take off the hat, and then I will give him my daughter.”

Frederick IV of Naples (1451–1504) King of Naples

Dated 1498 or earlier. Quoted in Sarah Bradford, Cesare Borgia / His Life and Times (1976, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited. London. Reprinted 1981. ISBN 0-297-77124-8), p. 72

Thich Nhat Hanh photo

“I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

Source: Anger: Wisdom for Cooling the Flames

Khaled Hosseini photo
Pope Sixtus V photo

“While I live, every criminal must die.”

Pope Sixtus V (1520–1590) pope

Reported in Will and Ariel Durant, Age of Reason Begins: Volume 7 (1961), p. 240.

Louie Giglio photo
Adele (singer) photo

Related topics