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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Antón Pávlovič Čéhov
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