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One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Able Failures God Making Mistake Must Successes Tell Without

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Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Difference Doctors Lawyers Merely Only Only Difference Rob Same Too Whereas You

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When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Cured Disease Lot Means Remedies Suggested

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A fiance is neither this nor that: he's left one shore, but not yet reached the other.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Fiance He Left Neither Nor Other Reached Shore

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Reason and justice tell me there's more love for humanity in electricity and steam than in chastity and vegetarianism.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Chastity Electricity Humanity Justice Love Me More Reason Steam Tell Than Vegetarianism

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When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Actor He Letters Money Send Sends Telegram

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The more refined one is, the more unhappy.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: More Refined Unhappy

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If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Cry Direction Fail Forward Go Make Must Plain Without You

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We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: About Alone Learn Life Well

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Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.

~Anton Chekhov

Topics: Breeding Cold Concealed Good Good Breeding Indifference Must Passion Reserve Signs Society Where

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Dramatist

Born: January 29th, 1860

Died: July 15th, 1904

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