When an actor has money he doesn’t send letters, he sends telegrams.
Anton Chekhov
The more refined one is, the more unhappy.
Anton Chekhov
To advise is not to compel.
Anton Chekhov
Advertising is the very essence of democracy.
Anton Chekhov
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Anton Chekhov
If you cry ‘forward’, you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.
Anton Chekhov
When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can’t be cured.
Anton Chekhov
Man is what he believes.
Anton Chekhov
When a woman isn’t beautiful, people always say, ‘You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.’
Anton Chekhov
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about.
Anton Chekhov
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
Anton Chekhov
A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.
Anton Chekhov
The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
Anton Chekhov
Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.
Anton Chekhov
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.
Anton Chekhov
A fiance is neither this nor that: he’s left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
Anton Chekhov
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.
Anton Chekhov
When you’re thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that’s faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that’s science.
Anton Chekhov
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.
Anton Chekhov
It’s easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.
Anton Chekhov