Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.Anton Chekhov
Doctors are just the same as lawyers the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.Anton Chekhov
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.Anton Chekhov
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.Anton Chekhov
Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.Anton Chekhov
Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.Anton Chekhov
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.Anton Chekhov
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.Anton Chekhov
Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.Anton Chekhov
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.Anton Chekhov
One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.Anton Chekhov
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.Anton Chekhov
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.Anton Chekhov
The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on science and art are as well.Anton Chekhov
There is nothing new in art except talent.Anton Chekhov
To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.Anton Chekhov
We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.Anton Chekhov
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.Anton Chekhov
When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.Anton Chekhov
When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean that's faith when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two that's science.Anton Chekhov
You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was a famous Russian physician and author, who was born on January 17, 1860. As a person born on this date, Anton Chekhov is listed in our database as the 17th most popular celebrity for the day (January 17) and the 2nd most popular for the year (1860).
People born on January 17 fall under the Zodiac sign of Capricorn, the Sea Goat. Anton Chekhov is the 234th most popular Capricorn.
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