“ The soul of a righteous man is white and smooth as chalk, but thesoul of a sinful man is like pumice stone. ”
Anton Chekhov, My Life (1896). copy citation
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
|---|---|
| Source | My Life |
| Topic | soul |
| Date | 1896 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/My_Life_(Chekhov) |
Context
“put it all together.
This time my sister read softly only one page, and could read no
more: her voice would not last out. Radish took her hand and, moving
his parched lips, said, hardly audibly, in a husky voice:
"The soul of a righteous man is white and smooth as chalk, but the
soul of a sinful man is like pumice stone. The soul of a righteous
man is like clear oil, but the soul of a sinful man is gas tar. We
must labour, we must sorrow, we must suffer sickness," he went on,
"and he who does not labour and sorrow will not gain the Kingdom”
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