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Some good, sacred memory, preserved from childhood, is perhaps the best education.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovEpilogue, chapter 3 ("Ilusha's Funeral. The Speech at the Stone")Alyosha Karamazov
The soul is healed by being with children.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe IdiotPart 1, chapter 6Prince Myshkin
The higher harmony is not worth the tears of one tortured child.
GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovPart 2, Book 5, chapter 4 ("Rebellion")Ivan Karamazov