Anton Chekhov quotes

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

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

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.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

To advise is not to compel.

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

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

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

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

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

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

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

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.

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

There is nothing new in art except talent.

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.

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

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

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

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.