Nature's law says that the strong must prevent the weak from living, but only in a newspaper article or textbook can this be packaged into a comprehensible thought. In the soup of everyday life, in the mixture of minutia from which human relations are woven, it is not a law. It is a logical incongruity when both strong and weak fall victim to their mutual relations, unconsciously subservient to some unknown guiding power that stands outside of life, irrelevant to man.
Anton ChekhovThe wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.
Anton ChekhovOne can prove or refute anything at all with words. Soon people will perfect language technology to such an extent that they'll be proving with mathematical precision that twice two is seven.
Anton ChekhovIn displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!
Anton Chekhov