"He was a thoroughly intractable person.."
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“Mr. Prokharchin” by Dostoevsky
“He was a thoroughly intractable person, a man of few words who had no time for small talk. He was not fond of those who proffered advice, and was merciless towards upstarts; he would upbraid those who mocked him, tried to give him advice or push themselves forward right there and then on the spot, put them to shame, and have done with it. ‘You are an insolent jackanapes, you are an idle whistler, who are you to come offering me advice; mind your own business, sir, you’re a jackanapes and you’d do better to set your own house in order, that’s what!’ Semyon. Ivanovich was a straightforward man, and he had absolutely no qualms about addressing everyone with the ‘thou’ form. He could not endure it, either, if anyone familiar with his habitual ways began pestering him out of sheer mischief,…”