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Quotes from A Dreary Story or A Tedious Story — Anton Chekhov

1860–1904 Russia

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The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

A Dreary Story or A Tedious Story (1889)

When a person hasn’t in him that which is higher and stronger than all external influences, it is enough for him to catch a good cold in order to lose his equilibrium and begin to see an owl in every bird, to hear a dog’s bark in every sound.

A Dreary Story or A Tedious Story (1889)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Anton Chekhov (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.