Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, (1660-1904), Russian author and playwright Quotes
Posterity will say as usual: "In the past things were better, the present is worse than the past.
Love, friendship, and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth.
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?
A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
You will not become a saint through other people's sins.
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
Conciseness is the sister of talent.
I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.