WIST Quotations

Chekhov, Anton -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Any idiot can face a crisis, it is the day-to-day living that wears you out.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
(Attributed)

Chekhov, Anton -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
(Attributed)

Chekhov, Anton -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Man is what he believes.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
(Attributed)

Chekhov, Anton -- Notebooks

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

He was a rationalist, but he had to confess that he liked the ringing of church bells.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Notebooks

Chekhov, Anton -- Notebooks

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

We fret ourselves to reform life, in order that posterity may be happy, and posterity will say as usual: “In the past it used to be better, the present is worse than the past.”

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Notebooks

Chekhov, Anton -- Notebooks, Notebook I, vol. 17, p. 52,

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

Nothing better forges a bond of love, friendship or respect than common hatred toward something.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Notebooks, Notebook I, vol. 17, p. 52,

http://www.bartleby.com/66/57/11757.html

Chekhov, Anton -- The Duel [Kerbalai] (1891)

Dave — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 10:23:19 +0000

Everyone has the same God; only people differ.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
The Duel [Kerbalai] (1891)

Chekhov, Anton -- Letter (1883-03-26) to A. N. Kanaev

Dave — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 15:10:11 +0000

A grimy fly can soil the entire wall and a small, dirty little act can ruin the entire proceedings.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Letter (1883-03-26) to A. N. Kanaev

Widely attributed to Chekhov, with this citation, but I am unable to find a reference in various collections of Chekhov's letters.

Chekhov, Anton -- Letter (Nov 1888)

Dave — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 13:27:31 +0000

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Letter (Nov 1888)
(Source)

Alt. trans.: "You have to be a god to distinguish the successes from the failures without making a mistake."

Chekhov, Anton -- Letter to Alexander Chekhov (11 Apr 1889)

Dave — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:08:39 +0000

Brevity is the sister of talent.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) Russian playwright and writer
Letter to Alexander Chekhov (11 Apr 1889)