Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable. – Anton Chekhov
There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. – Anton Chekhov
The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others. – Anton Chekhov
Any idiot can face a crisis, its the day to day living that wears you out. – Anton Chekhov
When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, youre bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep! – Georges Bernanos