“ Learning is light and ignorance is darkness. Study! ”
Anton Chekhov, The Steppe (1888). copy citation
| Author | Anton Chekhov |
|---|---|
| Source | The Steppe |
| Topic | darkness ignorance |
| Date | 1888 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Steppe |
Context
“Or when the circuit court comes and one has to take the oath, all the other priests are shy, but I am quite at home with the judges, the prosecutors, and the lawyers. I talk intellectually, drink a cup of tea with them, laugh, ask them what I don't know, . . . and they like it. So that's how it is, my boy. Learning is light and ignorance is darkness. Study! It's hard, of course; nowadays study is expensive. . . . Your mother is a widow; she lives on her pension, but there, of course . . ."
Father Christopher glanced apprehensively towards the door, and went on in a whisper:”
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