The happy and the unhappy rely on so different a basis that ... - Anton Chekhov

This quote is attributed to Anton Chekhov.

"The happy and the unhappy rely on so different a basis that we can scarce say they are of the same species."

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Playwright Novelist Russian 1860–1904

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