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Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

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

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He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take..."
Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Lying is a delightful thing for it leads to the truth."
Lying is a delightful thing for it leads to the truth. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I got entangled in my own data, and my conclusion directly contradicts the original idea from which I start. Starting from unlimited freedom, I conclude with unlimited despotism. I will add, however, that apart from my solution of the social formula, there can be no other. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded..."
What does reason know? Reason only knows what it has succeeded in learning... Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "I really feel obliged to go to this confounded luncheon."
I really feel obliged to go to this confounded luncheon. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "one can’t hold one’s tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible..."
one can’t hold one’s tongue when one has a feeling, a tangible feeling Fyodor Dostoevsky
If the suffering of children goes to swell the sum of sufferings which was necessary to pay for truth, then I protest that the truth is not worth such a price. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others."
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I'll kiss you for it. To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. Fyodor Dostoevsky
That's as it should be, they tell us. A certain percentage, they tell us, must every year go, that way, to the devil, I suppose, so that the rest may remain chaste, and not be interfered with. A percentage! What splendid words they have; they are so scientific, so consolatory. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Is there a living man in the country?" cried the Russian hero. I cry the same, though I am not a hero, and no one answers my cry. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then ...."
Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Don't think I'm talking nonsense because I'm drunk. I'm not a bit drunk. Brandy's all very well, but I need two bottles to make me drunk. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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