To regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
ANTON CHEKHOVTo regard one’s immortality as an exchange of matter is as strange as predicting the future of a violin case once the expensive violin it held has broken and lost its worth.
ANTON CHEKHOVIf you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
ANTON CHEKHOVTo judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
ANTON CHEKHOVFor God’s sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.
ANTON CHEKHOVA 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 CHEKHOVWithout a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don’t have a passport.
ANTON CHEKHOVWisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.
ANTON CHEKHOVPeople don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
ANTON CHEKHOVWe learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
ANTON CHEKHOVWe shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
ANTON CHEKHOVIt’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.
ANTON CHEKHOVMan is what he believes.
ANTON CHEKHOVWhen a person expends the least amount of motion on one action, that is grace.
ANTON CHEKHOVI expect I shall be a student to the end of my days.
ANTON CHEKHOVPerhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.
ANTON CHEKHOVYou confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.
ANTON CHEKHOV