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

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

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

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

- 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

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

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

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

- 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

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.

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

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