black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Anton Chekhov

Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Better Himself Man
Be sure not to discuss your hero’s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Action Discussion Hero Himself Mindset State
Each of us is full of too many wheels, screws and valves to permit us to judge one another on a first impression or by two or three external signs.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Appearance Character Impression Judgment Sign
It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Difficult Easy Life Philosopher
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Angel Finding Goodness Hope Peace Sky Time
I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Curiosity Marriage Myself Observation People
The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
ANTON CHEKHOV

God Government Himself Return Right
My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom–freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last two manifest themselves.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Body Freedom Health Holy Human Intelligence Manifestation Talent Violence
Not one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Existence Judgement Mortal Ourselves Person Suitable
If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter
ANTON CHEKHOV

Death Drink Listening Myself
If you want to work on your art, work on your life.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Art Life Work Yourself
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Law Literature Medicine Myself Night Wife
If there’s any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Cure Myself Offering People Remedy Thinking
There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you’re angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you’re asked.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Angry Answer Funny Heart Human Laughter Sincere Yourself
Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Money Person
People should be beautiful in every way – in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their innermost selves.
ANTON CHEKHOV

Beautiful Character Dress Face People Thinking Way

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Anton Chekhov Quotes