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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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A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.
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The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly.
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