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I promise to be an excellent husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, will not appear every day in my sky.

Anton Chekhov

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

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

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

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.

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

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

Anton Chekhov

Woman

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

Anton Chekhov

Direction

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

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

Anton Chekhov

Writer

Advertising is the very essence of democracy.

Anton Chekhov

Advertising

Democracy