I have not seen anything in life.

Mine is an empty life! You had better tell me about yourself.

I am sure you know more than I do, at any rate." Yozhov became thoughtful, not ceasing to turn his whole body and to waggle his head.

In thoughtfulness his face became motionless, all its wrinkles gathered near his eyes and seemed to surround them with rays, and because of this his eyes receded deeper under his forehead.
"Yes, my dear, I have seen a thing or two, and I know a great deal," he began, with a shake of the head.

"And perhaps I know even more than it is necessary for me to know, and to know more than it is necessary is just as harmful to man as it is to be ignorant of what it is essential to know.