Love, friendship, respect do not unite people as much as common hatred for something.

Anton Chekhov

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Topic

Love and hate Hate Unity

Author

Anton Chekhov

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Russian

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Diary entry. c. 1885.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. The Notebooks of Anton Chekhov and Reminiscences of Chekhov, translated by S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf. University Press of the Pacific, 2002.

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Original Citation

Gide, Andre. Les Faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters]. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925, pt. 3, ch. 16.

Current Citation

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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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