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My God, but what do I care about the laws of nature and arithmatic if for some reason these laws and two times two is four are not to my liking?

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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