Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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• Pigeonhole
• Human Laziness

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• Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • People
  • Pigeonhole
  • Human Laziness