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Medvedénko: "Why do you always wear black?"
Masha: "I am in mourning for my life."
Category: Curmudgeons Author: Anton Chekhov
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Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
Category: Environment Author: Anton Chekhov
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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
Category: Happiness Author: Anton Chekhov
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
Category: Humankind Author: Anton Chekhov
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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Category: Life Author: Anton Chekhov
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Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.
Category: Life Author: Anton Chekhov
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There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.
Category: Science Author: Anton Chekhov
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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
Category: Writing Author: Anton Chekhov
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