All Anton Chekhov Quotes
- After us they'll fly in hot air balloons, coat styles will change, perhaps they'll discover a sixth sense and cultivate it, but life will remain… Afraid
- This man, who for twenty-five years has been reading and writing about art, and in all that time has never understood anything about art, has… All
- Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation. Conversation
- A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend. Acquantaince
- A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems… Better
- It's better to live down a scandal than to ruin one's life. Better
- It's very hard, feeling that you're no more than a piece of unwanted furniture in this world. Feeling
- He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things. Afraid
- The unhappy are egoistic, spiteful, unjust, cruel, and less capable of understanding each other than fools. Unhappiness does not bring people together but draws them… Apart
- Only one who loves can remember so well. Inspirational
- To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man. Embittered
- They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death. Death
- Formerly, when I would feel a desire to understand someone, or myself, I would take into consideration not actions, in which everything is relative, but… Action
- My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and absolute freedom--freedom from violence and falsehood, no matter how the last… Absolute
- There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. Awful
- Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts. Difficult
- The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths. Dearer
- In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit. All
- Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. There are in store for you many unsuccessful days and… Acting
- Every coming year is as bad as the previous one, the only difference being that in most cases it is even worse. Bad
- I should think I'm going to be a perpetual student. Inspirational
- A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth. Gracious
- I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest. Chest
- You don't understand, you fool' says Yegor, looking dreamily up at the sky. 'You've never understood what kind of person I am, nor will you… Dreamily
- Not only after two or three centuries, but in a million years, life will still be as it was; life does not change, it remains… Among