"What a delight it is to respect people!" — Anton Chekhov

"What a delight it is to respect people!"

— Anton Chekhov

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246 Quotes by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov has 246 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with…
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you…
If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every…
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

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More Delight Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the… — Jane Austen
Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. — Francis Bacon
Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights… — Saint Basil
The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from… — Charles Baudelaire
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a… — Joseph Addison
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words… — Venerable Bede

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