All Anton Chekhov Quotes
- If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must… Absolutely
- But if you had asked him what his work was, he would look candidly and openly at you with his large bright eyes through his… Answer
- Watching a woman make Russian pancakes, you might think that she was calling on the spirits or extracting from the batter the philosopher's stone. Batter
- It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present… Act
- The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart... Already Asking
- People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. Far
- I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. Commune
- Ivanov: Once I worked hard and thought a lot but I never got tired; now I do nothing and think of nothing, but I'm tired… Ache
- And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like, but God preserve… Disapproval
- A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field. Art
- How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out. Everything Works
- The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious… Anxious
- An actress without talent, forty years old, ate a partridge for dinner, and I felt sorry for the partridge, for it occurred to me that… Actress
- Sometimes we go to a play and after the curtain has been up five minutes we have a sense of being able to settle back… Able
- Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds. Alcoholism
- Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the… Age
- The leaves did not stir on the trees, grasshoppers chirruped, and the monotonous hollow sound of the sea rising up from below, spoke of the… All
- Only entropy comes easy. Adversity
- What a delight it is to respect people! Delight
- Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of… Afraid
- Oh, I don't object, of course, to cutting wood from necessity, but why destroy the forests? The woods of Russia are trembling under the blows… Animal
- Posterity will say as usual: "In the past things were better, the present is worse than the past. Better
- It's been a long time since I've had champagne. Been
- My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that… Authors
- An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brains. Artist