English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

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

Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes in russian
Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes in german
 Cite this Page: Citation

Quotes

Thus a man will sometimes suffer half an hour of mortal fear with a robber, but once the knife is finally at his throat, even fear vanishes. Fyodor Dostoevsky
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. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Grandmother was always regretting the old days-she was younger in old days, and the sun was warmer in old days, and cream did not turn so sour in old days-it was always the old days! Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "He read himself silly!"
He read himself silly! Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "So that you remember that you kissed my hand, but I didn't..."
So that you remember that you kissed my hand, but I didn't kiss yours. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of..."
There is nothing more alluring to man than freedom of conscience, but neither is there anything more agonizing. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible..."
It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. Fyodor Dostoevsky
A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "The temperament reflects everything like a mirror."
The temperament reflects everything like a mirror. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "the Lord vanquished the devil in my heart."
the Lord vanquished the devil in my heart. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "the black serpant of wounded vanity gnawed at his heart?"
the black serpant of wounded vanity gnawed at his heart? Fyodor Dostoevsky
The temperament reflects everything like a mirror! Gaze into it and admire what you see! But why are you so pale, Rodion Romanovitch? Is the room stuffy? Shall I open the window? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is,..."
In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"! Fyodor Dostoevsky
People talk sometimes of bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I was twenty-four, but even then I led the gloomy, disorganized, solitary existence of a recluse. I stayed away from people, avoided even speaking to them, and kept more and more to my hole. Fyodor Dostoevsky

Popular Author

Related Authors