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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
Anton Chekhov
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Anton Chekhov
Age: 44 †
Born: 1860
Born: January 1
Died: 1904
Died: January 1
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Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.
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There is no national science, just as there is no national multiplication table what is national is no longer science.
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Once you've married, be strict but just with your wife, don't allow her to forget herself, and when a misunderstanding arises, say: Don't forget that I made you happy.
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Life is a vexatious trap when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.
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The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.
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