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

- Anton Chekhov

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

- Anton Chekhov

There is nothing new in art except talent.

- Anton Chekhov

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

- Anton Chekhov

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

- Anton Chekhov

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

- Anton Chekhov

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

- Anton Chekhov

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

- 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