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Anton Chekhov Quotes

Type: Dramatist   |    Date of Birth: 1860-01-29   |    Year of Death: 1904   |    Nationality: Russian
Advertising is the very essence of democracy.
Anton Chekhov

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Anton Chekhov

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

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Anton Chekhov

If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
Anton Chekhov

If you cry "Forward" you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?
Anton Chekhov

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Anton Chekhov

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
Anton Chekhov

Man is what he believes.
Anton Chekhov

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

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

Only entropy comes easy.
Anton Chekhov

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

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

The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
Anton Chekhov

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

To advise is not to compel.
Anton Chekhov

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
Anton Chekhov

When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'
Anton Chekhov

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


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