It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

A boy in love is not mainly a calf but a poet.

The lovers of beauty must unite in a league, and carry out some great propagandist work through the country. They must demand the extermination of the bulldog and the dismantling of the cheap villa, both of which are responsible for a deal of our contentment amid ugliness.

It is the custom when praising a Russian writer to do so at the expense of all other Russian writers.

Chekhov will seek out the key situation in the life of a cabman or a charwoman, and make them glow for a brief moment in the tender light of his sympathy.

This is woman's great benevolence, that she will become a martyr for beauty, so that the world may have pleasure.