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Quotation from The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Yes, man is a pliable animal--he must be so defined--a being who gets accustomed to everything!”
The House of the Dead, Part I, Ch. 1, trans. Anonymous translation (Everyman's Library, 1911)
The narrator reflects on how men adapt to prison life.
Citation: "Yes, man is a pliable animal--he must be so defined--a being who gets accustomed to everything!" — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The House of the Dead, Part I, Ch. 1, trans. Anonymous translation (Everyman's Library, 1911). (id the-house-of-the-dead-q1)
Portrait: Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky by Vasily Perov, Vasily Perov, Public domain.
