To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant prog…

Fyodor Dostoevsky
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To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself. Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man. ✨ Dostoevsky : His Life and Work. Book by Konstantin Mochulski, 1971.
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