Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
People should be beautiful in every way - in their faces, in the way they dress, in their thoughts, and in their… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
You don't understand, you fool' says Yegor, looking dreamily up at the sky. 'You've never understood what kind of person I am,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We won"t be… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Only those young people can be accepted as healthy who refuse to be reconciled with the old order and foolishly or wisely… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
My business is to be talented, that is, to be capable of selecting the important moments from the trivial ones. . .… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“What we have, we do not treasure,” and what’s more we do not even love it.” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
