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He who desires to see the living God face-to-face should not seek him in the empty, firmament of his mind, but in human love.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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