"The unconscious processes that take place in nature are inferior even to human stupidity, because in stupidity there is still consciousness and will, but in natural processes there is nothing. Only the coward, who has more fear of death than self-respect, can console himself with the fact that his body will continue to live in the grass, the fog, the toad.
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Author
Anton Pavlovich ChekhovAll Translations
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The unconscious processes that take place in nature are inferior even to human stupidity, because in stupidity there is still consciousness and will, but in natural processes there is nothing. Only the coward, who has more fear of death than self-respect, can console himself with the fact that his body will continue to live in the grass, the fog, the toad.
""A természetben végbemenő öntudatlan folyamatok alacsonyabb rendűek még az emberi butaságnál is, mert a butaságban mégiscsak van öntudat és akarat, a természeti folyamatokban pedig semmi. Csupán a gyáva, akiben több a halálfélelem, mint az önbecsülés, csupán az vigasztalhatja magát azzal, hogy teste azután majd tovább él a fűben, a ködben, a varangyos békában."