Anton Chekhov

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog.

Anton Chekhov

A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.

Anton Chekhov

A hungry dog believes in nothing but meat.

Anton Chekhov

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

Anton Chekhov

A man can deceive his fiancee or his mistress as much as he likes and, in the eyes of a woman he loves, an ass may pass for a philosopher. But a daughter is a different matter.

Anton Chekhov

A man ought to be able to be carried away by his feelings, he ought to be able to be mad, to make mistakes, to suffer! A woman will forgive you audacity and insolence, but she will never forgive your reasonableness!

Anton Chekhov

A man wants nothing so badly as a gooseberry farm.

Anton Chekhov

A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems sweet, and gentle, and proper, and not as silly as it really is.

Anton Chekhov

A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.

Anton Chekhov

A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Anton Chekhov