"La medicina es mi esposa legítima y la literatura es mi amante; cuando me canso de una, paso la noche con la otra."
— Anton Chekhov
Simplified Meaning:
The speaker views medicine as their steady job and literature as a fun escape. When they get bored with one, they switch to the other for a change.
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