"I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing but if we are to give..." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing but if we are to give everything its due twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Novelist

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a 19th-century Russian novelist. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Read more on Wikipedia →

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Imagination — The creative power of the mind and visionary thinking

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