It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made u…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). The Possessed: Dostoevsky's Collections, p.238, 谷月社
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It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2015). The Possessed: Dostoevsky's Collections, p.238, 谷月社

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