“Now answer me, sincerely, honestly, who lives past forty? I'll tell you who does: fools and scoundrels.”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground
“the whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano-key!”
― Notes from the Underground
― Notes from the Underground
“The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
“It is clear to me now that, owing to my unbounded vanity and to the high standard I set for myself, I often looked at myself with furious discontent, which verged on loathing, and so I inwardly attributed the same feeling to everyone.”
― Notes from Underground
― Notes from Underground
Political Philosophy and Ethics
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