Quotes By Anton Chekhov

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.

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

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

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

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.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

Man is what he believes.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.