Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Man is a creature that can get used to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him.
In the original Russian
Человек есть существо ко всему привыкающее, и, я думаю, это самое лучшее его определение.
The House of the Dead · 1860
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The House of the Dead, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 1986.
Original citation
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Записки из Мёртвого дома [The House of the Dead]." Vremya, 1860-1862.