"The formula 'Two and two make five'..." - Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.
More by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I walked along Nevsky Avenue.Actually it was more torture, humiliation, and bilious irritation than a stroll.”
“And you're sorry that the ephemeral beauty has faded so rapidly, so irretrievably, that it flashed so deceptively and pointlessly before your eyes - you're sorry, for you didn't even have time to fall in love.”
“But men love abstract reasoning and neat systematization so much that they think nothing of distorting the truth, closing their eyes and ears to contrary evidence to preserve their logical constructions.”
More on Irrationality
“...one may say anything about the history of the world - anything that might enter the most disordered imagination. The only thing one can't say is that it's rational.”
“If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen.”
“If the masses can love without knowing why, they also hate without much foundation.”