Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to the man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to the man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Habit is Heaven’s own redress: it takes the place of happiness.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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Depression still kept guard on him, and chased after him like a shadow – or like a faithful wife.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn’t take their fancy.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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