More Quotes by Anton Chekhov
Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.
When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.
Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.
The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.
The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.
Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my mistress. When I get fed up with one, I spend the night with the other
A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.
