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It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet.
It seemed to us that all people to a greater or lesser degree belong to one of these two types, that almost every one of us resembles either Don Quixote or Hamlet.
Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
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- Ivan Turgenev
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- Approximate author period: c. 1834 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Ivan Turgenev: documented activity in 1834. Wikidata Q42831, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42831 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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