The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
ANTON CHEKHOVHe who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
ANTON CHEKHOVIn nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
ANTON CHEKHOVTry to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
ANTON CHEKHOVWe learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan will become better when you show him what he is like.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
ANTON CHEKHOVA good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
ANTON CHEKHOVNothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
ANTON CHEKHOVEveryone has the same God; only people differ.
ANTON CHEKHOVWisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
ANTON CHEKHOVAn artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.
ANTON CHEKHOVI don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
ANTON CHEKHOV