Anton Chekhov Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

“The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.”

“A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.”

“Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.”

“No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.”

“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.”

“If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.”

“Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.”

“The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.”

“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.”