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“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment

“The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.

Quoted by someone with a very sick imagination but misattributed to Stalin”
― Joseph Stalin

“In short, I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely; as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of the more artificial. It is not necessary that a man should earn his living by the sweat of his brow, unless he sweats easier than I do.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walking

“Gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet Union.”
― Joseph Stalin