Anton Chekhov

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

“One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.”

“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”

“Brevity is the sister of talent.”

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

“Any idiot can face a crisis - it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.”

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

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

“If you're afraid of loneliness, don't marry.”

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

“We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.”

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

“Man is what he believes.”

“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress.”

“The world is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.”

“Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.”

“The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.”