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“Wealth is the number of things one can do without.”

Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

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“America exhausts the springs of one's soul - I suppose that's what it exists for. It lives to see all real spontaneity expire. But anyhow it doesn't grind on an old nerve as Europe seems to.”

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“I think I am much too valuable a creature to offer myself to a German bullet gratis and for fun.”

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Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

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Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence: October 1916-June 1921