“But there is no man with a hammer, and the happy go on living, just a little fluttered with the petty cares of every day, like an aspen-tree in the wind -- and everything is all right.” — Anton Checkov Copy Share Image
“I look at this life and see the arrogance and the idleness of the strong, the ignorance and bestiality of the weak, the horrible poverty everywhere, overcrowding, drunkenness, hypocrisy, falsehood. . . . Meanwhile in all the houses, all the… — Anton Checkov Copy Share Image
“But there is no man with a hammer, and the happy go on living, just a little fluttered with the petty cares of every… — Anton Checkov Copy Share Image
“One day a greasy landowner will drag the peasants before the Zembro Court for trespass, and the next, if it's a holiday, he will… — Anton Checkov Copy Share Image
“I look at this life and see the arrogance and the idleness of the strong, the ignorance and bestiality of the weak, the horrible… — Anton Checkov Copy Share Image