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«Хм - решаете вы, - наши хотенья большею частию бывают ошибочны от ошибочного взгляда на наши выгоды.»

Nature doesn't ask your permission; it doesn't care about your wishes, or whether you like its laws or not. You're obliged to accept it as it is, and consequently all its results as well.

Part 1 Chapter 9

This is going to take me a hot minute.

“I used to work in the Civil Service, but i don’t any more. I was a spiteful civil servant. I was rude and took pleasure in being rude. I never accepted bribes, you know, so I had to find some other reward, even if it was only that.” … “I lied when I said just now that I was a spiteful civil servant. I lied out of spite.”

man, i can only consume so much Dostoevsky in one sitting before my brain starts burning