Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
ANTON CHEKHOVMedicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you wish women to love you be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.
ANTON CHEKHOVNot one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe teacher must be an actor, an artist,passionately in love with his work.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person is born, he can embark on only one of three roads of life: if you go right, the wolves will eat you; if you go left, you’ll eat the wolves; if you go straight, you’ll eat yourself.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
ANTON CHEKHOVLove, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.
ANTON CHEKHOVI have the feeling that I’ve seen everything, but failed to notice the elephants.
ANTON CHEKHOVBe sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
ANTON CHEKHOVEven while lying, you’ll be believed if you speak with authority.
ANTON CHEKHOVThere is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
ANTON CHEKHOVBetter a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
ANTON CHEKHOVDoctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
ANTON CHEKHOVOnly one who loves can remember so well.
ANTON CHEKHOVA woman can become a man’s friend only in the following stages – first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
ANTON CHEKHOVThe role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
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