Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.

Человек есть существо ко всему привыкающее, и, я думаю, это самое лучшее его определение.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The House of the Dead

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Topic

Adaptability Nature of man

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Source

The House of the Dead

Medium

Novel

Statement Type

Definition

Language

Russian

Time

1860 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

Russia Europe

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Original Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.

Current Citation

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.

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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Brothers Karamazov

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The Brothers Karamazov
Medium
Novel
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Time
1880 1880s 19th century
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Another quote from the 1860s

England is the mother of parliaments.

John Bright

Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865

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England Government
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John Bright
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Speech in Birmingham, January 18, 1865
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1865 1860s 19th century
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Bright, John. Speech in Birmingham. 18 Jan. 1865, Town Hall, Birmingham, England, UK.

Another quote about Nature of man

There are many wonderful things, and nothing is more wonderful than man.

Sophocles

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Nature of man Man and animals

Author

Sophocles
Source
Antigone
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragic play Greek theater
Language
Greek
Time
441 BC 440s 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Sophocles. Ἀντιγόνη [Antigone]. c. 441 BC, Festival of Dionysus, Athens, Greece.

Current Citation

Sophocles. "Antigone." The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone, translated by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald. Mariner Books, 2002.

Another quote from 1860

Norman oughte be iuge in his owne cause.

Reginald Pecock

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Moral hazard

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Reginald Pecock
Source
The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Pecock, Reginald. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.

Current Citation

Pecock, Reginald. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy 2 Volume Set, edited by Churchill Babington. Vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Another quote originally in Russian

Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.

Nikita Khrushchev

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Topic
Soviet Union Cold War
Speaker
Nikita Khrushchev
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions Threat
Language
Russian
Time
1956 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Khrushchev, Nikita. Quoted in "Foreign News: We Will Bury You!" Time Magazine, 26 Nov. 1956. Originally stated while addressing western ambassadors. Reception at the Polish embassy. 18 Nov. 1956, Moscow, Russia.