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Sometimes lately there have been a lot of ur-optimists who believe that you can find good in everything. To put it gently, you have stumbled.
When your pocket burns on fireworks, then rejoice and thank the sky that you do not have a powder cellar in your pocket.
When poor relatives come to you in the country, they are not pale, but gloriously crying, "It is good that these are not city people!"
When your finger gets a slide, rejoice: “Well, it’s not in the eye!”
If your wife has changed you, rejoice that she has changed you, not your homeland.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov "Life is Beautiful (Trying to Suicide)"
- "You have not even hit Chekhov? Do you have any other favorite authors? andquot;