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

Topics: Anton Chekhov Quotes

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the...

I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the...

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...

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of...

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of...

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion...

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion...

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are...

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting...

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

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

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

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

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...

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.

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...

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 learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

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.

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;...

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,...