People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar. – Anton Chekhov
Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. – Anton Chekhov
Wherever there is degeneration and apathy, there also is sexual perversion, cold depravity, miscarriage, premature old age, grumbling youth, there is a decline in the arts, indifference to science, and injustice in all its forms. – Anton Chekhov