"I will begin with what in my opinion……" — Anton Chekhov
"I will begin with what in my opinion is your lack of restraint. You are like a spectator in a theatre who expresses his enthusiasm so unrestrainedly that he prevents himself and others from hearing. That lack of restraint is particularly noticeable in the descriptions of nature with which you interrupt dialogues; when one reads them, these descriptions, one wishes they were more compact, shorter, say two or three lines."
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Anton Chekhov
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246 Quotes by Anton Chekhov
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We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
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