Fyodor Dostoyevsky: In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this

In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-min — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In most cases, people, even the most vicious, are much more naive and simple-minded than we assume them to be. And this is true of ourselves too.

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