As surgeons keep their instruments and knives always at hand for cases requiring immediate treatment, so shouldst thou have thy thoughts ready to understand things divine and human, remembering in thy every act, even the smallest, how close is the bond that unites the two. Book III
To be acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease. Notes from Underground
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. The Soul of Man Under Socialism
“Children learn and develop in multiple ways, but the most common is by imitation.” Surrounded by Idiots
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