People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou will not become a saint through other people’s sins.
More Anton Chekhov Quotes
-
-
There are plenty of good people, but only a very, very few are precise and disciplined.
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 -
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
I don’t understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won’t intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
Women can’t forgive failure.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
In short stories it is better to say not enough than to say too much, because, because–I don’t know why.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
A woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
ANTON CHEKHOV -
A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.
ANTON CHEKHOV