Noticing Quotes by Anton Chekhov

“Using vile means to attain worthy ends makes the ends themselves vile. Let them ride on the backs of doctors and medical assistants, but…

— Anton Chekhov

If ever my life can be of any use to you, come and claim it.

— Anton Chekhov

There are still many more days of failure ahead, whole seasons of failure, things will go terribly wrong, you will have huge disappointments ,…

— Anton Chekhov

“But here was all the timorousness and angularity of inexperienced youth, a feeling of awkwardness, and an impression of bewilderment, as if someone had…

— Anton Chekhov

“At the water's edge, barrels of pitch blazed like huge bonfires. Their reflection, crimson as the rising moon, crept to meet us in long,…

— Anton Chekhov

Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves.

— Anton Chekhov

While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely…

— Anton Chekhov

“Lebedev: France has a clear and defined policy... The French know what they want. They just want to wipe out the Krauts, finish, but…

— Anton Chekhov

“My holy of holies are the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom - freedom from force and falsity,…

— Anton Chekhov

“What we have, we do not treasure,” and what’s more we do not even love it.”

— Anton Chekhov

No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are…

— Anton Chekhov

“It is my opinion that every woman can be a writer.”

— Anton Chekhov