Quotes By Anton Chekhov

A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.