Quotes

“Advertising is the very essence of democracy.” Anton Chekhov

“One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.” Anton Chekhov

“Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.” Anton Chekhov

“Man is what he believes.” Anton Chekhov

“No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.” Anton Chekhov

“How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.” Anton Chekhov

“The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.” Anton Chekhov

“No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.” Anton Chekhov

“The more refined one is, the more unhappy.” Anton Chekhov

“The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too.” Anton Chekhov

“To advise is not to compel.” Anton Chekhov

“Only entropy comes easy.” Anton Chekhov

“Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.” Anton Chekhov

“The sea has neither meaning nor pity.” Anton Chekhov

“To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.” Anton Chekhov

“A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.” Anton Chekhov

“Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.” Anton Chekhov

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

“We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.” Anton Chekhov

“When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.” Anton Chekhov

“A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.” Anton Chekhov

“Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.” Anton Chekhov

“It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.” Anton Chekhov

“The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.” Anton Chekhov

“When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.” Anton Chekhov

“When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.” Anton Chekhov

“All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still.” Anton Chekhov

“One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” Gilbert Keith Chesterton

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.” Gilbert Keith Chesterton

“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.” Gilbert Keith Chesterton