And it was after that that I found out the truth. I learnt the truth last November — on the third of November, to be precise — and I remember every instant since." - Meaning and context.">
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I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.
And it was after that that I found out the truth. I learnt the truth last November — on the third of November, to be precise — and I remember every instant since.

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I gave up caring about anything, and all the problems disappeared.
And it was after that that I found out the truth. I learnt the truth last November — on the third of November, to be precise — and I remember every instant since." in the context of "I" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.