If a lot of cures are suggested for a disease, it means that the disease is incurable.

Если против какой-нибудь болезни предлагается очень много средств, то это значит, что болезнь неизлечима.

Anton Chekhov

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Topic

Solving problems Disease

Speaker

Leonid Andreieveitch Gayev

Author

Anton Chekhov

Source

The Cherry Orchard

Medium

Play

Language

Russian

Time

1904 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Вишнёвый сад [The Cherry Orchard]. Directed by Konstantin Stanislavski. 17 Jan. 1904, Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia, act. 1.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "The Cherry Orchard." Plays: Ivanov; The Seagull' Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard, translated by Peter Carson. Penguin Classics, 2002, act 1.

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Source
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Another quote originally in Russian

When a man spends the least possible number of movements over one definite action, that is grace.

Anton Chekhov

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Author

Anton Chekhov
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Definition
Language
Russian
Time
1899 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Chekhov, Anton. Letter to Alexi Peshkov (Maxim Gorky). 3 Jan. 1899.

Current Citation

Chekhov, Anton. "To Alexi Peshkov (Gorky), 3 January 1899, Yalta." A Life in Letters, translated by Rosamund Bartlett and Anthony Phillips. Penguin Classics, 2004.