Good breeding doesn't mean that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice when someone else does. - Anton Chekhov

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Good breeding doesn't mean that you won't spill sauce on the tablecloth, but that you won't notice when someone else does.

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About Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) (Old Style: 17 January 1860 – 2 July 1904) was a Russian short story writer and playwright.

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Native Name: Антон Павлович Чехов Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов Антонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ
Alternative Names: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Antón Pávlovič Čéhov Antón Pávlovich Chékhov Chekhov

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إن سر النجاح ليس في كون البستان كبيراً والعمال كثيرون، بل في أنني أحب هذا العمل، أتفهم؟ أحبه ربما أكثر من نفسي. انظر إليَّ، إنني أصنع كل شئ بنفسي. إنني أعمل من الصباح إلى المساء. التطعيم كله أجربه بنفسي، والتقليم بنفسي، والشتل بنفسي، كل شئ بنفسي. وعندما يساعدني أحد أشعر بالغيرة وأُستثار إلى حد الخشونة. السر كله في الحب، أي في العين المُدبرة اليقظة، وفي الأيدي المُدبرة، وأيضاً في ذلك الإحساس الذي يراودك عندما تذهب ضيفاً إلى أحدٍ ما لمدة ساعة، فتشعر وأنت هناك بأن قلبك في غير مكانه، وأنت نفسك على غير طبيعتك؛ إذ تخشى أن يحدث شئ للبستان.

What truth? You see where truth is, and where untruth is, but I seem to have lost my sight and see nothing. You boldly settle all important questions, but tell me, dear, isn't it because you're young, because you haven't had time to suffer till you settled a single one of your questions? You boldly look forward, isn't it because you cannot foresee or expect anything terrible, because so far life has been hidden from your young eyes? You are bolder, more honest, deeper than we are, but think only, be just a little magnanimous, and have mercy on me.

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