“Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.”
— 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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