Quotes by Anton Chekhov

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

— Anton Chekhov

Happiness

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

— Anton Chekhov

Education

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

— Anton Chekhov

Life

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

— Anton Chekhov

Love

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

— Anton Chekhov

Life

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

— Anton Chekhov

Education

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

Wisdom

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

— Anton Chekhov

Life

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

— Anton Chekhov

Happiness

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.

— Anton Chekhov

Education

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

Wisdom

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

— Anton Chekhov

Education

There is nothing new in art except talent.

— Anton Chekhov

Wisdom