A man would still do something out of sheer perversity - he would create
destruction and chaos - just to gain his point... and if all this could in
turn be analyzed and prevented by predicting that it would occur, then man
would deliberately go mad to prove his point.
-- Feodor Dostoevsky, "Notes From the Underground"
destruction and chaos - just to gain his point... and if all this could in
turn be analyzed and prevented by predicting that it would occur, then man
would deliberately go mad to prove his point.
-- Feodor Dostoevsky, "Notes From the Underground"
Related:
- A man would still do something out of sheer perversity -
he would create destruction and chaos - just to gain... - If a man could have half his wishes,
he would double his troubles... - No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
E. W.... - Pascal, n.:
A programming language named after a man who would... - Pascal:
A programming language named after a man who would... - It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would
have in his own words and propositions,
for it makes the other party stick the less. -- Francis...
From the same category:
- Only the extreme is interesting.
--
Magnus... - HR 3128. Omnibus Budget Reconciliation, Fiscal 1986.
Martin, R-Ill., motion that the House recede from its... - Quem metuunt, oderunt.
(They hate whom they fear.)
-
Ennius (239-169... - LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as
opportunity to the maker of puns.
Ah, punster, would my lot were cast, Where... - The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and
bees;
I want money. -- John...
