“You have no tenderness, nothing but truth, and so you judge unjustly.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is almost better to tell your own lies than somebody else's truth; in the first case you are a man, in… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The torments of a proud decision, a deep conscience! God, in whom he did not believe, and his truth were overcoming his… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We've got facts," they say. But facts aren't everything; at least half the battle consists in how one makes use of them!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all the uncleanness of his coarse and envious heart"!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“How could I alone have invented it or imagined it in my dream? Could my petty heart and fickle, trivial mind have… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Enough of this, dearest one. I ought not to have spoken of it, but I lost my temper. Still, it is pleasant… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Such a stupid excuse was even more degrading! In wine is truth, and the truth had all come out, "that is, all… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I have learned from bitter experience how misleading appearances often are, and that a snake sometimes lies hidden under flowers.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“No matter. He is holy. He carries in his heart the secret of renewal for all: that power which will, at last,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I understand solidarity in sin among men; solidarity in retribution I also understand; but what solidarity in sin do little children have?… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“though all my friends there are drunk, yet they are all honest, and though we do talk a lot of trash, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And that we are all responsible to all for all, apart from our own sins, you were quite right in thinking that,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Yes, till the secret is revealed, there are two sorts of truth for me--one, their truth, yonder, which I know nothing about… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There are moments in the life of old liars who have been play-acting all their lives when they are so carried away… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I am a ridiculous person. Now they call me a madman. That would be a promotion if it were not that I… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“... you think I am attacking them for talking nonsense? Not a bit! I like them to talk nonsense. That's man's one… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“There is only one means of salvation, then take yourself and make yourself responsible for all men's sins, that is the truth,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Truly,' I answered him, 'all things are good and fair, because all is truth. Look,' said I, 'at the horse, that great… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“My friend, I've been lying all my life. Even when I was telling the truth. I never spoke for the truth, but… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Till the last moment they dress a man up in peacock's feathers, till the last moment they hope for the good and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The old grief of the great mystery of human life gradually passes into a quiet, tender joy; in place of the boiling… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“[The Devil] 'The question now,' my young thinker reflected, 'is whether or not it is possible for such a period ever to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“And yet everyone goes toward one and the same thing, at least everyone strives for one and the same thing, from the… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Oh, there are those who remain proud and fierce even in hell, in spite of their certain knowledge and contemplation of irrefutable… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Hold your tongue, or I'll kill you! You'll kill me? No, excuse me, I will speak. I came to treat myself to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Listen!” Pulcheria Alexandrovna interrupted timidly, but it only added fuel to the flames. “What do you think?” shouted Razumihin, louder than ever,… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“[Alyosha] was to some extent a youth of our last epoch — that is, honest in nature, desiring the truth, seeking for… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Oh, how awful is truth on earth! That exquisite creature, that gentle spirit, that heaven - she was a tyrant, she was… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Oh, now, life, life! I lifted up my hands and called upon eternal truth, not with words, but with tears; ecstasy, immeasurable… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“The story may have been exaggerated, yet it must have been something like the truth.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We have facts,’ they say. But facts are not everything—at least half the business lies in how you interpret them!” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But I tell you what it is; an honest and sensitive man is open; and a business man 'listens and goes on… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But man is so partial to systems and abstract conclusions that he is ready to distort the truth, ready to hear nor… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Lying is a privilege exclusive to humans among all other beings. It’s by lying that one arrives at the truth! I tell… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“We are not in a mincing lady's boudoir; we are, as it were, two abstract beings in a balloon, who have met… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“Listen! I know it's not right to talk. Better to set an example, better to just start - I have already started - and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“When all are undressed, one is somehow not ashamed, but when one's the only one undressed and everybody is looking, it's degrading,' he kept… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“I repeat, I repeat with emphasis: all "direct" persons and men of action are active just because they are stupid and limited. How explain… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“He is a man of intelligence, but to act sensibly, intelligence is not enough.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“if [God] doesn't exist, man is the chief of the earth, of the universe. Magnificent! Only how is he going to be good without… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“From an encounter in 1862... “Dickens told me,” Dostoyevsky recalled in a letter written years later, “that all the good, simple people in his… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“It must be the top drawer," he reflected. "So she carries the keys in a pocket on the right. All in one bunch on… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“- You take evil for good. It's a passing crisis. It's the result of your illness, perhaps. - You do despise me! It's simply… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“Clouds overlaid the sky as with a shroud of mist, and everything looked sad, rainy, and threatening under a fine drizzle which was beating… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“I think I could stand anything, any suffering, only to be able to say and to repeat to myself every moment, 'I exist.' In… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
“There is no more ceaseless or tormenting care for man, as long as he remains free, than to find someone to bow down to… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share
![“[The Devil] 'The question now,' my young thinker reflected, 'is whether or not it is possible for such a period ever to come. If it does come, then everything will be resolved and mankind will finally be settled. But since, in view of man's inveterate stupidity, it may not be settled for another…” quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f58/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_thousand-years_the-devil-the-question-now-my-young-thin_1928098.jpg)
![“[Alyosha] was to some extent a youth of our last epoch — that is, honest in nature, desiring the truth, seeking for it and believing in it, and seeking to serve it at once with all the strength of his soul, seeking for immediate action, and ready to sacrifice everything, life itself, for it…” quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/093/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_hard-work_alyosha-was-to-some-extent-a-youth-of-ou_751359.jpg)
