Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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• If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work a character of uselessness.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • Destroy
  • Human being
  • Uselessness