Anton Chekhov Quotes

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Anton Chekhov

Profession : Dramatist

Birth : January 29, 1860

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

Anton Chekhov

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Anton Chekhov

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Anton Chekhov

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Anton Chekhov

To advise is not to compel.

Anton Chekhov

Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.

Anton Chekhov

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

Anton Chekhov

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

Anton Chekhov

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Anton Chekhov

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekhov

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

Anton Chekhov

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Anton Chekhov

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

Anton Chekhov

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

Anton Chekhov

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

Anton Chekhov

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Anton Chekhov

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

Anton Chekhov

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.

Anton Chekhov

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Anton Chekhov