Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true of ourselves too.

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• In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true of ourselves too.

  

  Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • People
  • True
  • Simple