Notes from Underground
Important Quotations Explained
1. “Ha,
ha, ha! Next you’ll be finding pleasure in a toothache!” you will
exclaim, laughing.
“And why not? There
is also pleasure in a toothache,” I will answer.
2. Oh,
gentlemen, perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man
only because throughout my entire life I’ve never been able to start
or finish anything.
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