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I swear fearfully at the conventions of the stage.
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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In a century or two, or in a millennium, people will live in a new way, a happier way. We wont be there to see it - but its why we live, why we work. Its why we suffer. Were creating it. Thats the purpose of our existence. The only happiness we can know is to work toward that goal.
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I don't like being successful the subjects which sit in my head are annoyed and jealous of what has already been written.
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What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all.
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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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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.
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