Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

And why am I lying down? You must stand 'as an example and a reproach,' she says. , what else can a man destined to be a standing 'reproach' do but lie down--doesn't she see that?

And you and I had better go work on the land. I want to scrape the earth with my hands.

Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. I am alone and they are everyone, I thought–and pondered.

Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. I am alone and they are EVERYONE, I thought—and pondered. From

Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me, and I was unlike any one else. I am alone and they are every one, I thought--and pondered. For that it was evident t...

Anyone who attacks individual charity, attacks human nature and casts contempt on personal dignity.

Anyone who can appease a man's conscience can take his freedom away from him.

As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple-hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too.

Asıl üzücü olan, aynı evde oturan varlıklı adamın kulağına hiç kimsenin yalnız kendinizi düşünmeniz yeter artık, diye fısıldamamasıdır. Ayakkabıcı değilsin sen, çocuklarının sağlığı yerinde, karın bir...

At first it was simply liking, Nastenka, but now, now !I am just in the same position as you were when you went to him with your bundle. In a worse position than you, Nastenka,because he cared for no...

At last my heart was too full.

Because I couldn't bear my burden and have come to throw it on another: you suffer too, and I shall feel better! And can you love such a mean wretch?

Besides, they have put too high a price on harmony; we can’t afford to pay so much for admission. And therefore I hasten to return my ticket. And it is my duty, if only as an honest man, to return it...

Bow or not? Call back or not? Recognize him or not? our hero wondered in indescribable anguish, or pretend that I am not myself, but somebody else strikingly like me, and look as though nothing were t...

But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.

But I tell you what it is; an honest and sensitive man is open; and a business man 'listens and goes on eating' you up.

But I'll add, that there is something at the bottom of every new human thought, every thought of genius, or even every earnest thought that springs up in any brain, which can never be communicated to...

But being in love doesn't mean loving. You may be in love with a woman and yet hate her. Remember that!

But destiny will be accomplished, and the best man will hold his ground while the undeserving one will vanish into his back-alley for ever - his filthy back-alley, his beloved back-alley, where he is...

But do you know what: I am convinced that we underground folk ought to be kept on a curb. Though we may sit forty years underground without speaking, when we do come out into the light of day and brea...