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4c3b6b3 I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness. illness reason notes-from-the-underground fyodor-dostoyevsky disease intellect Fyodor Dostoyevsky
5f2d91a A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments. notes-from-the-underground vanity Fyodor Dostoyevsky
81ffe84 Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave. notes-from-the-underground fyodor-dostoyevsky slave Fyodor Dostoyevsky
e1f0030 I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world to go to pot, or am I to go without my tea? I say that the world may go to pot for me so long as I always get my tea. Did you know that, or not? Well, anyway, I know that I am a blackguard, a scoundrel, an egoist, a sluggard. notes-from-the-underground peace Fyodor Dostoyevsky
efa4966 The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more. notes-from-the-underground sensations fyodor-dostoyevsky Fyodor Dostoyevsky
07eb9d9 I'm now asking an idle question of my own: which is better--cheap happiness, or lofty suffering? Well, which is better? philosophy notes-from-the-underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky