Author: Anton Chekhov

Quotes

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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.

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

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

- Anton Chekhov

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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