Quotes by Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov

Russian playwright and short story writer

Category: Writers (Contemporary)

Quotes 21 till 40 of 44.

 Previous 1 2 3 Next 
  • Man is what he believes.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • There is nothing new in art except talent.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • To advise is not to compel.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
  • When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'.
    ― Anton Chekhov
    - +
     0
 Previous 1 2 3 Next 
All Anton Chekhov famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 2)

Popular subjects

Popular authors