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If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Afraid Loneliness Marry You

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When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Could Drink Entire Faith Finish Glass Ocean Only Science Seems Start Thirsty Two You

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The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Ability Brings Including Out University

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When a woman isn't beautiful, people always say, 'You have lovely eyes, you have lovely hair.'

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Always Beautiful Beautiful People Eyes Hair Lovely People Say Woman You

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How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Everything Happy Happy People How Out People Times Unbearable Who Whom Works

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No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Charlatans Does Everything Fools He Know Nothing Only Pretend Psychologist Should Understand

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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Anything Anything Else Characterized Convict Corrupt Else Extreme Fairness Faith He Him How Lack Loves Matter May More More Than Anything Over People Placed State Than Unfair Unjust Year

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A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Cosmetic Dealer Entertainer Writer

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Only entropy comes easy.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Easy Entropy Only

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Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Appreciate Bare Forward Fruit Learn Let Us Look May Pick Time Times Trees Us Will

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Dramatist

Born: January 29th, 1860

Died: July 15th, 1904

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