Famous Quotes | Our pride and self-importance...

Our pride and self-importance are European, while our development and actions are Asiatic. - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Attribution: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian author, playwright. Complete Works and Letters in Thirty Volumes, Works, Notebook I, vol. 17, p. 87, “Nauka” (1980). Comments on the Russian character.

Categories: Author, Playwright, Pride, Russians

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