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“The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translator-Richard Pevear; Translator-Larissa Volokhonsky

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The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translator-Richard Pevear; Translator-Larissa Volokhonsky