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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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Here I am with you & yet not for a single moment do I forget that there's an unfinished novel waiting for me.
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Women can't forgive failure.
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And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life.
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A sweet lie is more gracious for us than a virulent but real truth.
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Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds.
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