More quotes by Anton Chekhov

"Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something."
"These people have learned not from books, but in the fields, in the wood, on the river bank. Their teachers have been the birds themselves, when they sang to them, the sun when it left a glow of crimson behind it at setting, the very trees, and wild herbs."
"Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning."
"In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!"(Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)"
"Even in Siberia there is happiness."