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Do you know when you may concede your insignificance? In front of God or, perhaps, in front of the intellect, beauty, or nature, but not in front of people. Among people, one must be conscious of one’s dignity.
— Anton Chekhov
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Notes from Wikiquote Letter to his brother, M.P. Chekhov (April 1879)
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