Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Anton ChekhovThe critics suppose that it is easy to write a play. They aren't aware that writing a good play is difficult and writing a bad one is twice as hard.
Anton ChekhovA fiancรฉ is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.
Anton ChekhovNot one of our mortal gauges is suitable for evaluating non-existence, for making judgments about that which is not a person.
Anton Chekhov