“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

“Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass.”

“Don't tell me the moon is shining. Show me the glint of light on broken glass." - Anton Chekhov”

“Shabelsky: O mind of genius, you think up things for everyone and teach everyone, but why not for once teach me... Teach me, great brain, show me the way out...”

“They say, tell me what you've read and I'll tell you who you are.”

“Levedev: It's no great thing to drink - a horse too can drink... No, one must drink intelligently... in our time we used to struggle with lectures all day, but as soon as evening came we went straight off somewhere where the lights were shining and spun like tops til dawn... ... We would talk nonsense and philosophy till our tongues went numb... But today's lot... I don't understand... They wouldn't make God a candle or the Devil a poker.”

“Formerly, when I would feel a desire to understand someone, or myself, I would take into consideration not actions, in which everything is relative, but wishes. Tell me what you want and I'll tell you who you are.”