Also quoted in Psychologically Speaking: A Book of Quotations, Kevin Connolly and Margaret Martlew, 1999, p. 96
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Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
• Alternate translation: Nothing better forges a bond of love, friendship or respect than common hatred toward something.
— Anton Chekhov
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• Alternate translation: Nothing better forges a bond of love, friendship or respect than common hatred toward something." in the context of "Also quoted in Psychologically Speaking: A Book of Quotations, Kevin Connolly and Margaret Martlew, 1999, p. 96" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Anton Chekhov" (Quotes, Note-Book of Anton Chekhov (1921): [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12494/ Translated S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf)
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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.
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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