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“All are unhappy because all are afraid to express their will.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Demons (1872), Part III

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About Fyodor Dostoevsky

1821 – 1881

Russian novelist, author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'.

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