Author: Anton Chekhov

Quotes

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.

- 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

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.

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

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

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

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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