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Great Jove angry is no longer Jove.
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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To Moscow, to Moscow, to Moscow!
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The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
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Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood! Why does this irrevocable time, forever departed, seem brighter, more festive and richer than it actually was?
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Children are holy and pure. Even those of bandits and crocodiles belong among the angels.... They must not be turned into a plaything of one's mood, first to be tenderly kissed, then rabidly stomped at.
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Brevity - the sister of talent.
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Only one who loves can remember so well.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can't return even if it wants to.
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The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.
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The snow has not yet left the earth but spring is already asking to enter your heart.
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Your talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.
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