Anton Chekhov Антон Чехов
writer · physician · Russia · 1860–1904
He worked as a doctor and wrote short stories and plays. He left more than four thousand letters.
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October 1888
My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom--freedom from violence and lying, whatever forms they may take.Letter to Pleshcheyev · in place of the original: the English translation by Constance Garnett (1920)
September 1888
Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress. When I get tired of one I spend the night with the other.Letter to Suvorin · in place of the original: the English translation by Constance Garnett (1920)
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