Fyodor DostoyevskyHow can one deceive these dear little birds, when they look at one so sweetly and confidingly? I call them birds because there is nothing in the world better than birds!
About This Quote
In this quote, the speaker sees a bird and calls it a bird. The bird is so small, so cute, and so trusting – it must be a bird! But the speaker’s mistake is to confuse the confidence of a bird with the confidence of a human being. A human being can be as sweet and as trusting as that little bird because that’s how children are. A child does not have the experience or wisdom to understand that just because he or she is young, cute, and trusting does not mean that he or she is wise.
Source: The Idiot
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