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Quote by Anton Chekhov
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. B

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar. – Anton Chekhov

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