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I tell you solemnly, that i have many times tried to become an insect. but i was not equal even to that. i swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I Tell You Solemnly, That I Have

Fyodor Dostoevsky
I tell you solemnly, that i have many times tried to become an insect. but i was not equal even to that. i swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness — a real thorough-going illness.
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