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Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

Russian Novelist, Writer November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881

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Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so..."
So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find someone to worship. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every prisoner knows perfectly that he is a convict and a reprobate, and knows the distance which separates him from his superiors; but neither the branding irons nor chains will make him forget that he is a man. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I tell you, sir, it's very easy for Pyotr Stepanovich to live in the world, because he imagines a man and then lives with him the way he imagined him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The vast mass of mankind is mere material, and only exists in order by some great effort, by some mysterious process, by means of some crossing of races and stocks, to bring into the world at last perhaps one man out of a thousand with a spark of independence. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Let me add, however, that in every idea of genius or in every new human idea, or, more simply still, in every serious human idea born in anyone's brain, there is something that cannot possibly be conveyed to others, though you wrote volumes about it and spent thirty-five years in explaining your idea; something will always be left that will obstinately refuse to emerge from your head and that will remain with you for ever and you will die without having conveyed to anyone what is perhaps the... Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "All night, the black serpant of wounded vanity gnawed his heart."
All night, the black serpant of wounded vanity gnawed his heart. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "I've found out more in this one cursed night than I'd have..."
I've found out more in this one cursed night than I'd have learned in twenty years of living. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses..."
How does it come about that what an intelligent man expresses is much stupider than what remains inside him? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in..."
But... that's absurd!' he cried, flushing. 'Your poem is in praise of Jesus, not in blame of Him- as you meant it to be. Fyodor Dostoevsky
So a man will sometimes go through half an hour of mortal terror with a brigand, yet when the knife is at his throat at last, he feels no fear. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hesitation, anxiety, the struggle between belief and disbelief—all that is sometimes such a torment for a conscientious man... that it’s better to hang oneself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility..."
I have no self-respect. But can a man of acute sensibility respect himself at all? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Can a man of perception respect himself at all?"
Can a man of perception respect himself at all? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side."
After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I don’t understand anything...and I no longer want to understand anything. I want to stick to the fact...If I wanted to understand something, I would immediately have to betray the fact, but I’ve made up my mind to stick to the fact. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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