Anton Chekhov

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and…

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

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric…

When you’re thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that’s faith…

Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob…

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

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

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare…

When an actor has money he doesn’t send letters, he sends telegrams…

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy…

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice…

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of…

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one…

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion…

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