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If you wish women to love you be original I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter & women fell in love with him.

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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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