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“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.”
― Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
― Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
“Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.”
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“Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.”
― The House of the Dead
― The House of the Dead
“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
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