It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life. Anton Chekhov More Quotes by Anton Chekhov More Quotes From Anton Chekhov There are people whom even children's literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon. Anton Chekhov literature children people Hypocrisy is a revolting, psychopathic state. Anton Chekhov psychopathic states hypocrisy Silence accompanies the most significant expressions of happiness and unhappiness: those in love understand one another best when silent, while the most heated and impassioned speech at a graveside touches only outsiders, but seems cold and inconsequential to the widow and children of the deceased. Anton Chekhov silence expression children Those who come a hundred or two hundred years after us will despise us for having lived our lives so stupidly and tastelessly. Perhaps they'll find a means to be happy. Anton Chekhov happy happiness mean Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits? Anton Chekhov merit virtue catholic When a person hasn't in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog's bark in every sound. Anton Chekhov dog bird order Not everyone knows how to be silent or to leave in good time. It happens that even people of good breeding fail to notice that their presence provokes in the weary or preoccupied host a feeling akin to hatred, and that this feeling is tensely concealed and covered up with lies. Anton Chekhov covered-up lying people The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him. Anton Chekhov horse stupidity funny I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. Anton Chekhov communes conscience writing There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man. Anton Chekhov doors happiness men Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was? Anton Chekhov childhood forever sweet I feel more confident and more satisfied when I reflect that I have two professions and not one. Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other. Though it's disorderly it's not so dull, and besides, neither really loses anything, through my infidelity. Anton Chekhov tired night two Do you remember you shot a seagull? A man came by chance, saw it and destroyed it, just to pass the time. Anton Chekhov remember-you time men We go to great pains to alter life for the happiness of our descendants and our descendants will say as usual: things used to be so much better, life today is worse than it used to be. Anton Chekhov pain usual life I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time. Anton Chekhov drunk time long The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships. Anton Chekhov placid ticklish looks People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. Anton Chekhov house-guests sincere people An artist's flair is sometimes worth a scientist's brains. Anton Chekhov artist brain sometimes I kept thinking how marvellous it would be if I could somehow tear my heart, which felt so heavy, out of my chest. Anton Chekhov tears heart thinking Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? Before God or, perhaps, before the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not before people. Among people, one must be conscious of one's dignity. Anton Chekhov dignity may people
