The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
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The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
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