Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but to give everything its due, two and two make five is also a very fine thing.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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• Value denotes a relation reciprocally existing between two objects, and the precise relation which it denotes is the quantity of the one which can be obtained in exchange for a given quantity of the other.

  

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• We can't afford to go lose two, three in a row. We've got to keep climbing and getting wins.

  

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• My father and my mother separated when I was two.

  

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• I agree that two and two make four is an excellent thing; but to give everything its due, two and two make five is also a very fine thing.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Two
  • Agree
  • Excellent Thing