I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). The Idiot (Vintage Classics), p.81, Vintage
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I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both suffer. ✨ Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). The Idiot (Vintage Classics), p.81, Vintage

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