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The reasoning is classic in its clarity. If God does not exist, Kirilov is god. If God does not exist, Kirilov must kill — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
Man only likes to count his troubles — he doesn't calculate his happiness.
I want peace; yes, I'd sell the whole world for a farthing, straight off, so long as I was left in peace. Is the world t — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Money is a kind of freedom that can be felt and heard — it is an inestimable treasure for a man entirely deprived of true liberty.
I am a fool with a heart but no brains, and you are a fool with brains but no heart; and we’re both unhappy, and we both — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of ge — I am told this is due to fear.
It was more difficult not tounderstand than to understand. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, A Nasty Anecdote
I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for s — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights
Perhaps," you will add, grinning, "those who have never been slapped will also not understand" - thereby politely hintin — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
Now life is given in exchange for pain and fear, and that's the basis of the whole deception. Now man is still not what — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer — nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
...there is no explaining anything by reasoning and so it is useless to reason. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Moreover, in order to understand any man one must be deliberate and careful to avoid forming prejudices and mistaken ide — Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The poor girl ws keeping that student's letter as a precious treasure, and had run to fetch it, her only treasure, becau — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Science and reason have, from the beginning of time, played a secondary and subordinate part in the life of nations; so — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Demons
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing mor — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead