Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I'm human.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Truth
  • Human
  • Nonsense