Anton Chekhov on Wisdom
Browse 7 quotations attributed to Anton Chekhov, catalogued under wisdom, with dates where available.
This page displays 7 quotations attributed to Anton Chekhov and filed under "wisdom" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Anton Chekhov, entry #137052: "There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon."
Attributed to Anton Chekhov, entry #131545: "If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there."
7 Quotes by Anton Chekhov on Wisdom
"There are people whom even children’s literature would corrupt. They read with particular enjoyment the piquant passages in the Psalter and in the Wisdom of Solomon."
"If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there."
"All great sages are as despotic as generals, and as ungracious and indelicate as generals, because they are confident of their impunity."
"One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work."
"Once you’ve married, be strict but just with your wife, don’t allow her to forget herself, and when a misunderstanding arises, say: “Don’t forget that I made you happy."
"Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom."
"Between "there is a God" and "there is no God" lies a whole vast tract, which the really wise man crosses with great effort. A Russian knows one or other of these two extremes, and the middle tract between them does not interest him; and therefore he usually knows nothing, or very little."