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

Anton Chekhov

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Grace

Author

Anton Chekhov

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Russian

Time

1899 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

Russia Europe

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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.

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Time
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Citation

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Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.

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The Brothers Karamazov

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Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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Author

Tom Stoppard
Source
Travesties
Medium
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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