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Quote by Anton Chekhov

“Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.”

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Anton Chekhov, born on January 29, 1860, was a prominent Russian physician and short story writer. His works are renowned for their profound psychological insights and critical portrayal of social realities. Chekhov's short stories have had a profound impact on literature both in Russia and around the world. more

“Spring slattern of seasons you have soggy legs and a muddy petticoat drowsy is your hair your eyes are sticky with dream and you have a sloppy body from being brought to bed of crocuses when you sing in your whisky voice the grass rises on the head of the earth and all the trees are put on edge spring of the excellent jostle of thy hips and the superior”

Dream Body Eye Earth Voice Tree Hair Bed Spring Seasons Edges Legs Superiors Hips Excellent Grass Muddy Sloppy Whisky Sticky Drowsy Crocuses

Author:e. e. cummings

“I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.”

Spring Rain Warm Grass April Springtime April And Spring Daffodil

Book:The Collected Poems

Source: The Collected Poems

“In California in the early Spring, There are pale yellow mornings, when the mist burns slowly into day, The air stings like Autumn, clarifies like pain - Well, I have dreamed this coast myself.”

Wells Pain Morning Air Spring California Autumn Yellow Pale Coast April Mist Springtime Early Spring Morning Mist Pale Yellow

Book:Five American poets: Robert Hass, John Matthias, James McMichael, John Peck, Robert Pinsky

Source: Five American poets: Robert Hass, John Matthias, James McMichael, John Peck, Robert Pinsky

“Well-apparel'd April on the heel Of limping Winter treads.”

Wells Spring Winter Heels April Springtime Apparel April And Spring Winter To Spring Limping

Book:The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

Source: The Works of William Shakspeare...: Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentic Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators

“Blackberry winter, the time when the hoarforst lies on the blackberry blossoms; without this frost the berries will not set. It is the forerunner of a rich harvest.”

Lying Rich Spring Winter Harvest April Springtime Frost Berries Blackberries Forerunners

Book:Blkberry Winter

Source: Blkberry Winter

“One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day.”

Doe Fine Spring April Springtime Fine Day

Book:The Nicomachean ethics

Source: The Nicomachean ethics

“My wretched feet, flayed and swollen to lameness by the sharp air of January, began to heal and subside under the gentler breathings of April; the nights and mornings no longer by their Canadian temperature froze the very blood in our veins; we could now endure the play-hour passed in the garden.”