we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge eac… - Anton Chekhov

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we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you, you don't understand me and we don't understand ourselves.

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Anton Chekhov

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About Anton Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов) (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) (Old Style: 17 January 1860 – 2 July 1904) was a Russian short story writer and playwright.

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Native Name: Антон Павлович Чехов • Анто́н Па́влович Че́хов • Антонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ

Alternative Names: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov • Antón Pávlovič Čéhov • Antón Pávlovich Chékhov • Chekhov

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William Somerset Maugham E. M. Forster Oscar Wilde George Bernard Shaw Leo Tolstoy

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Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

we all have too many wheels, screws and valves to judge each other on first impressions or one or two pointers. I don't understand you, you don't und… - Anton Chekhov

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