Note-Book of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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page 17 of 141 (12%)
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worship, since one ought to love one's equals.
* * * * * The so-called pure childlike joy of life is animal joy. * * * * * I cannot bear the crying of children, but when my child cries, I don't hear. * * * * * A schoolboy treats a lady to dinner in a restaurant. He has only one rouble, twenty kopecks. The bill comes to four roubles thirty kopecks. He has no money and begins to cry. The proprietor boxes his ears. He was talking to the lady about Abyssinia. * * * * * A man, who, to judge from his appearance, loves nothing but sausages and sauerkraut. * * * * * We judge human activities by their goal; that activity is great of which the goal is great. * * * * * |
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