"If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else to do but stare at your wart, laugh at it, and condemn you for it, even though you have discovered America."

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About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist and short-story writer whose works explored psychology, morality, and faith. He is best known for Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. His writing had a major influence on modern literature and philosophy.

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