Quotes by Anton Chekhov

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

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

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

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.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

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