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“I'd like you to know there is a limit to the disgrace in the consciousness of one's own worthlessness and powerlessness beyond which a man cannot go, and after which he begins to feel a tremendous satisfaction in his own disgrace.”

Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Book:The Idiot
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The Idiot

Focusing on the life of a seemingly naive individual, the story delves into the complexities of society and the individual's place within it. more

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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