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Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes

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

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Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive..."
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we. Fyodor Dostoevsky
As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more nave and simple-hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that..."
What man wants is simply independent choice, whatever that independence may cost and wherever it may lead. Fyodor Dostoevsky
People with new ideas, people with the faintest capacity for saying something new, are extremely few in number, extraordinarily so, in fact. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fakat yznc defa sylyorum ki, insann kasten, uurlu olarak zararl, manasz, hatta son derece budalaca bir arzuya kapld bir durum, tek bir durum vardr.: yalnz akla uygun eyler istemek zorunda kalmayp, ne kadar manasz olursa olsun "istemek hakkna" sahiptir. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It's the moon that makes it so still, weaving some mystery."
It's the moon that makes it so still, weaving some mystery. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Why, you are so eaten up with pride and vanity that you'll end..."
Why, you are so eaten up with pride and vanity that you'll end by eating up one another, that's what I prophecy. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have..."
For the secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have..."
The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Being at a loss to resolve these questions, I am resolved to..."
Being at a loss to resolve these questions, I am resolved to leave them without any resolution. Fyodor Dostoevsky
How can you tell a man there’s nothing to do? I can’t imagine a situation in which there could ever be nothing to do! Do it for mankind and don’t worry about the rest. There’s so much to do that a lifetime won’t be enough, if you look around attentively. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The brutes imagine they are doing me an honour in letting me sit down with them. They don't understand that it's an honour to them not to me! Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am a wicked man... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest nastiness precisely lay in my being shamefully conscious every moment, even in moments of the greatest bile, that I was not only not a wicked man but was not even an embittered man, that I was simply frightening sparrows in vain, and pleasing myself with it. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ...."
It is not as a child that I believe and confess Jesus Christ. My hosanna is born of a furnace of doubt. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea."
I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea. Fyodor Dostoevsky

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