So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and …

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship. ✨ 1879-80 The Brothers Karamazov, bk.5, ch.5.
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So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship. ✨ 1879-80 The Brothers Karamazov, bk.5, ch.5.

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