Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm.
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Baratynsky, Yevgeny. Two Fates. c. 1823.
Baratynsky, Yevgeny. Two Fates. c. 1823.
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Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Letters and Journals. London: J. Johnson, c. 1830.
Lord Byron. "To the Countess of Blessington." Byron: Poems. Everyman's Library, 1994.
Quoted in The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Идиот [The Idiot]." The Russian Messenger, 1868–69.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. The Idiot, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volkhonsky. Vintage, 2003, pt. 1, ch. 6.