Thou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all. Mardi
It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. Discourses
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. Essays
It was not only that I could not become spiteful, I did not know how to become anything; neither spiteful nor kind, neither a rascal nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect. Now, I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything. Notes from Underground
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