A good upbringing means not that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice it when someone else does.

Quote by Anton Chekhov

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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an...

There is nothing new in art except talent.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you,...

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you...

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you...

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors...

The only difference between doctors and lawyers is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors...

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these...

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

Man is what he believes.

Man is what he believes.

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans...

No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans...

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

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

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think...

All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think...

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with...

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with...

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and...

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one,...

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith;...

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith;...

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.