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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.
Anton Chekhov
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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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And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.
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My holy of holies is the human body.
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