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Since I wasn't consulted at the time of the creation of the world, I reserve for myself the right to have my own opinion about it.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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