Anton Chekhov

[anotherplay]

How sad it would be if we forgot that the future we fear turns slowly into the present we detest, and the past we adore.

[does anybody know where this comes from?]

Comments

[be_bittersweet]

I don't think that it's from some particular work of his. And as far as I know this saying goes like this: "The Russians love/adore the past, detest the present and fear the future".