"The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful."
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

January 1, 1970

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Part 1, Chapter 8 (tr. David Magarshack, 1950) — The best definition of man is: a biped, ungrateful. (tr. Mirra Ginsburg, 1974)