Being in love shows a person who he should be.
Top 20 Anton Chekhov Quotes
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A writer is not a confectioner, not a cosmetician, not an entertainer.
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Critics are like horse-flies that prevent the horse from ploughing.
Only entropy comes easy.
A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.
Man will become better when you show him what he is like.
To Moscow! To Moscow!
The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.
All Russia is our garden.
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's day-to-day living that wears you out.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Brevity is the sister of talent.
Man is what he believes.
Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.