You ask me what life is. That's like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there's nothing more to know. Anton Chekhov More Quotes by Anton Chekhov More Quotes From Anton Chekhov All the great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ignorant and as indelicate as generals, because they feel secure of impunity. Anton Chekhov impunity sage Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling. Anton Chekhov stage impossible art You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. Anton Chekhov different artist two Isolation in creative work is an onerous thing. Better to have negative criticism than nothing at all. Anton Chekhov creative criticism negative [Ognev] recalled endless, heated, purely Russian arguments, when the wranglers, spraying spittle and banging their fists on the table, fail to understand yet interrupt one another, themselves not even noticing it, contradict themselves with every phrase, change the subject, then, having argued for two or three hours, begin to laugh. Anton Chekhov wranglers laughing two In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a chance character. Nor should important matters depend on leftovers, which are never there. I would prefer that the government treasury take care of it. Anton Chekhov russia government character Once you've married, be strict but just with your wife, don't allow her to forget herself, and when a misunderstanding arises, say: "Don't forget that I made you happy. Anton Chekhov married wife forget There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent. Anton Chekhov poetic touching beautiful Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else's opinion and without the fear of hindering one another. Anton Chekhov intelligent honor memories Death can only be profitable: there's no need to eat, drink, pay taxes, offend people, and since a person lies in a grave for hundreds or thousands of years, if you count it up the profit turns out to be enormous. Anton Chekhov lying people years Moscow is a city that has much suffering ahead of it. Anton Chekhov moscow cities suffering From here, far away, people seem very good, and that is natural, for in going away into the country we are not hiding from people but from our vanity, which in town among people is unjust and active beyond measure. Anton Chekhov pride cities country There are in life conjunctions of circumstances when the reproach that we are not Voltaires is least of all appropriate. Anton Chekhov confluence reproach circumstances I myself smoke, but my wife asked me to speak today on the harmfulness of tobacco, so what can I do? If it's tobacco, then let it be tobacco. Anton Chekhov wife speak today He always seemed to women different from what he was, and they loved in him not himself, but the man created by their imagination, whom they had been eagerly seeking all their lives; and afterwards, when they noticed their mistake, they loved him all the same. Anton Chekhov mistake love men In my head there is a whole army of people asking to be let out and waiting for the word of command. Anton Chekhov army literature people Instructing in cures, therapists always recommend that "each case be individualized." If this advice is followed, one becomes persuaded that those means recommended in textbooks as the best, means perfectly appropriate for the template case, turn out to be completely unsuitable in individual cases. Anton Chekhov medicine advice mean To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow! Anton Chekhov moscow Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. Anton Chekhov wild-life inspirational men He who doesn't know how to be a servant should never be allowed to be a master; the interests of public life are alien to anyone who is unable to enjoy others' successes, and such a person should never be entrusted with public affairs. Anton Chekhov affair aliens should
