• I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.

    Fyodor Dostoevsky: I am a ridiculous man. They call me a madman now. That would be a distinct rise in my social position were it not that they still regard me as being as ridiculous as ever.
    Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.263, Modern Library