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Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Quotes: The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.
         

The whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano key.


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