Anton Chekhov Quotes

If you can't distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn't undertake philanthropic work.

The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

Love is a great thing. It is not by chance that in all times and practically among all cultured peoples love in the general senseand the love of a man for his wife are both called love. If love is often cruel or destructive, the reasons lie not in love itself, but in the inequality between people.

When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Write, write, write-till your fingers break.