We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well. (Anton Chekhov)
Advertising is the very essence of democracy. (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)
Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it. (Anton Chekhov)
People who lead a lonely existence always have something on their minds that they are eager to talk about. (Anton Chekhov)
A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other. (Anton Chekhov)
When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.' (Anton Chekhov)
All of life and human relations have become so incomprehensibly complex that, when you think about it, it becomes terrifying and your heart stands still. (Anton Chekhov)
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. (Anton Chekhov)