All Anton Chekhov Quotes
- To advise is not to compel. Advice
- Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. Chastity
- Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric. Eccentric
- The sea has neither meaning nor pity. Inspirational
- A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other. Engagement
- The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. Body
- 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… Drink
- A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer. Confectioner
- It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. Cook
- The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well. Always Surrounded
- When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured. Cured
- When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams. Actor
- All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still. All
- Brevity - the sister of talent. Brevity
- In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into… Beings
- When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean-that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one… Altogether
- He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist. Afraid
- Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now… Add
- A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an ordinary reporter. What… Confectioner
- [In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend]… Death
- Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done. Fixed
- There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. Inspirational
- If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to… Call
- There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something… Angry
- I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time. Champagne