Wisdom Quote by Anton Chekhov — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.”

“And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.”

“There is nothing good in this world that does not have some filth in its origin.”

“You may be proud, wise, and fine, but death will wipe you off the face of the earth as though you were no more than mice burrowing under the floor, and your posterity, your history, your immortal geniuses will burn or freeze together with the earthly globe”

“Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.”

“You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path. You have taken lies for truth, and hideousness for beauty. You would marvel if, owing to strange events of some sorts, frogs and lizards suddenly grew on apple and orange trees instead of fruit, or if roses began to smell like a sweating horse; so I marvel at you who exchange heaven for earth. I don't want to understand you.”

“The wisest are the most annoyed at the loss of time.”

“In the hearts of men lies both good and evil. The two coexist. Some men become good, and others become evil. It is the way of this world.”

“Life is not just lived—it is observed, dissected, and reimagined. Through storms, through heights, we become.”

“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests”

“Candor is a luxury for those who have nothing left to lose.”

“Il ne fait aucun doute pour moi que la sagesse est le but principal de la vie et c'est pourquoi je reviens toujours aux stoïciens. Ils ont atteint la sagesse, on ne peut donc plus les appeler des philosophes au sens propre du terme. De mon point de vue, la sagesse est le terme naturel de la philosophie, sa fin dans les deux sens du mot. Une philosophie finit en sagesse et par là même disparaît.”