Chekhov Bashny.Net

Russian classic, AP Chekhov, more than 100 years ago, wrote a letter to his brother, a talented artist, but infirm and suffering from binge drinking.

Educated people, in my opinion, must meet the following conditions:

1) They respect the human person, and therefore always indulgent, soft, gentle, compliant ... They do not riot over a hammer or missing gum; living with someone, they do not do this favor, and go, do not say you can not live! They forgive the noise, cold and overcooked meat, and severity, and the presence of outsiders in their housing ...
2) They are not compassionate to the poor alone and cats. They are sick and soul of what we do not see with the naked eye ...
3) They respect the property of others, and therefore pay the debts.
4) They are afraid of lies and candid like the plague. Do not lie to them even in trifles. Lies offensive to the listener and debases the speaker in his eyes. They are not drawn, keep themselves in the street as well as at home, do not let dust into the eyes of smaller brothers ... They are not talkative and did not climb to the revelation, when they do not ask ... Out of respect for other people's ears, they are often silent.
5) They do not destroy themselves with a view to bring in another sympathy and help. They do not play on the strings of other people's souls, that in response to his sighs and nursed them. They do not say: I do not understand!
6) They are not vain. They do not take such rhinestones as acquaintance with celebrities, delight in counter Salon'e, a tavern known for ...
7) If they have the talent, they respect him. They sacrifice for him peace, women, wine, vanity ...
8) They cultivate aesthetic. They can not sleep in the clothes seen on the wall of the slot with bedbugs, cheesy air to breathe, walk on the spit upon the floor eating from kerosene lamps. They may try to tame and ennoble sexual instinct ...