It was more difficult not tounderstand than to understand.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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"It was more difficult not to understand than to understand." is a quote by E.M. Forster, who was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. The saying was meant to illustrate the conflict that he felt while writing his book "A Room with a View." He wanted to convey the idea that it's more difficult not to understand than to understand. He thought that people tend to think in terms of what will happen if they don't understand something, but the more important question is, "What will happen if you do?"

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