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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Age: 60 †
Born: 1821
Born: January 1
Died: 1881
Died: January 1
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