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Quote by Anton Chekhov

“People understand God as the expression of the most lofty morality. Maybe He needs only perfect people.”

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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

“Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are laid waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.”

“If there's any illness for which people offer many remedies, you may be sure that particular illness is incurable, I think.”

People Ifs Thinking May Particular Offers Illness Remedy

Book:Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Novel and A Biography (Including The Steppe, Ward No. 6, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, On Trial, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, After the Theatre and many more)

Source: Greatest Works of Anton Chekhov: Plays, Short Stories, Novel and A Biography (Including The Steppe, Ward No. 6, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, On Trial, The Darling, The Bet, Vanka, After the Theatre and many more)

“Satiation, like any state of vitality, always contains a degree of impudence, and that impudence emerges first and foremost when the sated man instructs the hungry one.”

Men Firsts States Degrees Hungry Vitality Impudence Sated Satiation

Author:Anton Chekhov

“Custom and authority are no sure evidence of truth.”

Authority Evidence Customs

Author:Isaac Watts

“Ten thousand things there are which we believe merely upon the authority or credit of those who have spoken or written them.”

Believe Written Thousand Ten Authority Credit Believe In Me

Book:The works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in nine volumes

Source: The works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in nine volumes

“No, I'll repine at death no more, But with a cheerful gasp resign To the cold dungeon of the ground These dying, withering limbs of mine. Let worms devour my wasting flesh, And crumble all my bones to dust:-- My God shall raise my frame anew, At the revival of the just.”

Death Dying Mines Cold Raises Bones Flesh Dust Cheerful Worms Limbs Revival Dungeons Withering