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Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Knowledge Practice Put Unless Value You

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Broken Broken Glass Glass Light Me Moon Shining Show Tell

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People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Happy Notice People Summer Whether Winter

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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Angels Diamonds Find Hear Peace See Shall Sky Sparkling

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Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Any Crisis Day Day To Day Face Idiot Living Out Wears You

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Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Get Lawful Literature Medicine Mistress Night Other Spend Tired Wife

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To advise is not to compel.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Advise Compel

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Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Common Friendship Hatred Love Much People Respect Something Unite

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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Eccentric Like Money Person Turns Vodka

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The sea has neither meaning nor pity.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Meaning Neither Nor Pity Sea

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Dramatist

Born: January 29th, 1860

Died: July 15th, 1904

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