All Anton Chekhov Quotes
- Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life. Deal
- For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch. Brain
- we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you,… All
- Oh, dreams! In one night, lying with one's eyes shut, one may sometimes live through more than ten years of happiness. Dream
- ..when one has no real life, one lives by mirages. It's still better than nothing. Better
- Anna Petrovna (to Shabelsky): You can't make a simple joke without an injection of venom. You are a poisonous man. Joking apart, Count, you're very… Always Grumpy
- Anna Petrovna: Never talk to women about your own good qualities. Let them find out for themselves. Anna
- It is always "Youth, youth," when there is nothing else to be said. Inspirational
- What must human beings be, to destroy what they can never create? Beings
- Time will pass, and we shall go away for ever, and we shall be forgotten, our faces will be forgotten, our voices, and how many… Bless
- Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time. Came
- I was so drunk the whole time that I took bottles for girls and girls for bottles. Bottles
- If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter Critics
- Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. Add
- Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Broken
- A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on… Axe
- You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible. Becomes
- My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things,… Absolute
- Happiness does not await us all. One needn't be a prophet to say that there will be more grief and pain than serenity and money.… Age
- The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too. Difference
- Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. Difference