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 CHEKHOV BreakexchangeFutureImmortalInstrumentLostPredictionStrangeWorth
You only have to start a job of work to realize how few decent, honest folk there are about. ANTON CHEKHOV HonestyJobRealizationStartWorkYourself
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something. ANTON CHEKHOV FriendshipHateLovePeopleRespectUnity
Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy. ANTON CHEKHOV HimselfInterestLivePersonRealitySecret
Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. ANTON CHEKHOV FeelingHard TimeThinkingUnderstand
Everything should be first-rate in a person, his face, clothes, soul and thoughts. ANTON CHEKHOV ClothesHimselfPersonRateSoulThinking
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 CharacterChildhoodGoodnessMannerNotice
If 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 CHEKHOV FeelingHimselfMyselfOriginalShoesWomen
Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life. ANTON CHEKHOV FoolishLifeMeaningSillyStrainStriveStupidity
In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit. ANTON CHEKHOV ChangePermanentSpiritUniverse
Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out. ANTON CHEKHOV CrisisDayFaceIdiotLive
You ask me what life is. That’s like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there’s nothing more to know. ANTON CHEKHOV KnowledgeLifeMyselfPhilosophy
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. ANTON CHEKHOV IllusionImaginationTruthWorth
He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist. ANTON CHEKHOV AfraidArtistDeepDesireHope
A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves. ANTON CHEKHOV AloneMadMarriageTogethernessWoman
My love is like a stone tied round my neck; it’s dragging me down to the bottom; but I love my stone. I can’t live without it. ANTON CHEKHOV LiveLoveMyselfNeckStone
What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself. ANTON CHEKHOV ChoiceDrinkFineMyselfWeather
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. ANTON CHEKHOV DeathDifferenceDoctorLawyerPerspectiveRobYourself
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ANTON CHEKHOV AngelFindingGoodnessHopePeaceSkyTime
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. ANTON CHEKHOV GoodnessGuestHumorMeetPeopleSincereSpeed
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other. ANTON CHEKHOV LawLiteratureMedicineMyselfNightWife
