There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. – Anton Chekhov
People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov
I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. – 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