Fyodor DostoyevskyWithout God all things are permitted.
About This Quote
The first sentence of this quote is actually a shortened version of the first sentence of the first stanza of William's poem “The Phoenix and Turtle,” which is also the name of the poem. The author was William Shakespeare. The second sentence of this quote is an English translation of a line from an old Germanic poem, “Ein Lied von Liebe,” which means “A Song About Love.”
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