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“Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.”
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“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Don’t let us forget that the causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
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أبو حسّان’s 2025 Year in Books
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