Anton Chekhov Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

What a fine weather today! Can’t choose whether to drink tea or to hang myself.

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.

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 more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.

The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.

Only entropy comes easy.

Only entropy comes easy.

All saints have past and all sinners have a future.

All saints have past and all sinners have a future.

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.

The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.

The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.

Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.

Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

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.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.