devilishly-wise

Updated: May 21, 2025

Here was I, seriously occupied at this very time with the destiny of humanity, thinking of the re-organisation of the social system, of political revolutions, reading all sorts of devilishly-wise books whose abysmal profundity was certainly unfathomable by their very authors at this very time. I say, I was trying with all my might to make of myself "a potent active social force."

- Best Russian Short Stories