Anton Chekhov Quotes

Although you may tell lies, people will believe you, if only you speak with authority.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters but telegrams.

They say: "In the long run truth will triumph;" but it is untrue.

Death is terrible, but still more terrible is the feeling that you might live for ever and never die.

It is easier to ask of the poor than of the rich.

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

People love talking of their diseases, although they are the most uninteresting things in their lives.

The more refined the more unhappy.

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

Какое наслаждение уважать людей! Когда я вижу книги, мне нет дела до того, как авторы любили, играли в карты, я вижу только их изумительные дела.

How pleasant it is to respect people! When I see books, I am not concerned with how the authors loved or played cards; I see only their marvelous works.

There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.

A nice man would feel ashamed even before a dog.