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“Which executioner is the more humane, he who kills you in a few minutes or he who drags the life out of you in the course of many years”
― Anton Chekhov, The Bet and Other Stories

“The geniuses of all ages and of all lands speak different languages but the same flame burns in them all. Oh, if you only knew what unearthly happiness my soul feels now from being able to understand them.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Bet and Other Stories

“Don't forget either, you unhappy man, that voluntary confinement is a great deal harder to bear than compulsory.”
― Anton Chekhov, The Bet and Other Stories

“In your books I have flung myself into the bottomless pit, performed miracles, slain, burned towns, preached new religions, conquered whole kingdoms”
― Anton Chekhov, The Bet and Other Stories

“لا تنس، أيها الرجل البائس، بأن الحبس الذي يتم بإرادة الشخص أقسى بكثير من الحبس الإجباري”
― أنطون تشيخوف, The Bet and Other Stories