Anton Chekhov

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with read more

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

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.

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

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

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is read more

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