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I still lack a political, religious and philosophical world view - I change it every month - and so I'll have to limit myself to descriptions of how my heroes love, marry, give birth, die, and how they speak.
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
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I have no will of my own. Never did. Limp and lily-livered, I always obey - is it possible that's attractive to women?
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Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.
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