Anton Chekhov on Ethics
Browse 3 quotations attributed to Anton Chekhov, catalogued under Ethics, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Anton Chekhov, entry #49132: "Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?"
Attributed to Anton Chekhov, entry #240437: "There are no lower or higher or median moralities. There is only one morality, and it is precisely the one that was given to us during the time of Jesus Christ and that stops me, …"
3 Quotes by Anton Chekhov on Ethics
"Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?"
"There are no lower or higher or median moralities. There is only one morality, and it is precisely the one that was given to us during the time of Jesus Christ and that stops me, you and Barantsevich from stealing, offending others, lying etc."
"Tsars and slaves, the intelligent and the obtuse, publicans and pharisees all have an identical legal and moral right to honor the memory of the deceased as they see fit, without regard for anyone else’s opinion and without the fear of hindering one another."