Man is what he believes. 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
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. Anton Chekhov
If I had listened to the critics I’d have died drunk in the gutter. Anton Chekhov
Reason and justice tell me there’s more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism. Anton Chekhov
The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. Anton Chekhov
The sea has neither meaning nor pity. Anton Chekhov
Capital punishment kills immediately, whereas lifetime imprisonment does so slowly. Which executioner is more humane? The one who kills you in a few minutes, or the one who wrests your life from you in the course of many years? Anton Chekhov
Humankind has understood history as a series of battles because, to this day, it regards conflict as the central facet of life. Anton Chekhov
When a thinking person attains adulthood and develops a mature consciousness, he reluctantly feels himself in a trap from which there is no exit. Anton Chekhov
Life is difficult for those who have the daring to first set out on an unknown road. The avant-garde always has a bad time of it. Anton Chekhov
The unhappy are egotistical, base, unjust, cruel, and even less capable of understanding one another than are idiots. Unhappiness does not unite people, but separates them. Anton Chekhov
He who doesn’t know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master. Anton Chekhov