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Anton Chekhov

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#  ·  **-- Not So Good (16 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997 (updated 1999)

If there is a gun hanging on the wall in the first act, it must fire in the last.

Anton Chekhov, (advice to a novice playwright), in Art and Literature

#  ·  **-- Not So Good (12 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out.

Anton Chekhov, in Life and Death

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If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.

Anton Chekhov, in Love and Hate

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