Quotation by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

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My mother and father are the only people on the whole planet for whom I will never begrudge a thing. Should I achieve great things, it is the work of their hands; they are splendid people and their absolute love of their children places them above the highest praise. It cloaks all of their shortcomings, shortcomings that may have resulted from a difficult life.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), Russian author, playwright. Letter, July 29, 1877, to his cousin, M.M. Chekhov. Complete Works and Letters in Thirty Volumes, Letters, vol. 1, p. 25, "Nauka" (1976).

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