'But,' I [Dmitri Karamazov] asked, 'how will man be after that? Without God and the future life? It means… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
'But,' I [Dmitri Karamazov] asked, 'how will man be after that? Without God and the future life? It means everything is permitted now, one can do anything?' 'Didn't you know?' he said. And he laughed. 'Everything is permitted to the intelligent man,' he said.
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