"In our age, all decent people are necessarily cowardly slaves. This is its natural state. This is my deep conviction. That's what it was created for, that's what it's made of. And the common man, not only now, because of some accidental circumstances, but in general in all ages is necessarily a cowardly slave. It is a natural law for every ordinary person on this earth.
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Author
Fyodor DostoevskyAll Translations
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In our age, all decent people are necessarily cowardly slaves. This is its natural state. This is my deep conviction. That's what it was created for, that's what it's made of. And the common man, not only now, because of some accidental circumstances, but in general in all ages is necessarily a cowardly slave. It is a natural law for every ordinary person on this earth.
""Korunkban minden rendes ember szükségképpen gyáva rabszolga. Ez a természetes állapota. Ez mély meggyőződésem. Erre teremtődött, ilyen az alkata. És a rendes ember nemcsak most, holmi véletlen körülmények miatt, hanem általában minden korszakban szükségképpen gyáva rabszolga. Ez természeti törvény minden rendes ember számára ezen a földön."