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Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author

1860–1904

32 quotes, most often on Writing, Beauty and Life & Death.

We shall rest. We shall hear the angels. We shall see heaven shining like a jewel. We shall see all evil and all our pain sink away in the great compassion that shall enfold the world. Our life will be as peaceful and tender and sweet as a caress. I have faith; I have faith.
Uncle Vanya (1897), Act IV, spoken by SoniaIn context
I know now, I understand at last, Constantine, that for us, whether we write or act, it is not the honour and glory of which I have dreamt that is important, it is the strength to endure. One must know how to bear one’s cross, and one must have faith.
The Seagull (1896), Act IV, spoken by NinaIn context
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