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One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.
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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Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done.
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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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I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don't like. No other criterion exists for me.
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And it is the way with us that you may express disapproval of the sun or the moon, or anything you like, but God preserve you from touching the Liberals! Heaven forbid!
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Everything on earth is beautiful, everything -- except what we ourselves think and do when we forget the higher purposes of life and our own human dignity.
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If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It's better to live somehow than not at all.
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