Anton Chekhov

In descriptions of nature one must seize on small details, grouping them so that when the reader closes his eyes he gets a picture.

Anton Chekhov

It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn’t marry the right person.

Anton Chekhov

It is depressing to hear the unfortunate or dying man jest.

Anton Chekhov

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

Anton Chekhov

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

Anton Chekhov

It’s even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday.

Anton Chekhov

Just as I shall lie alone in the grave, so, in essence, do I live alone.

Anton Chekhov

Lonely people read a great deal, but say little and hear little.

Anton Chekhov

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

Anton Chekhov

Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given.

Anton Chekhov