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title: "1 People Tongue Quotes By Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky"
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> [“People of the middle sort like us, thinking people that is, are always tongue-tied and awkward. What is the reason of it? Whether it is the lack of public interest, or whether it is we are so honest we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/people-of-the-middle-sort-like-us-thinking-people-that-is-are-always/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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## More by Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky

> [“People of the middle sort like us, thinking people that is, are always tongue-tied and awkward. What is the reason of it? Whether it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/people-of-the-middle-sort-like-us-thinking-people-that-is-are-always/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

> [“Low ceilings and tiny rooms cramp the soul and the mind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/low-ceilings-and-tiny-rooms-cramp-the-soul-and-the-mind/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

> [“So a man will sometimes go through half an hour of mortal terror with a brigand, yet when the knife is at his throat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/so-a-man-will-sometimes-go-through-half-an-hour-of-mortal-terror-with/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

> [“Do you know to what a point of insanity a woman can sometimes love?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/do-you-know-to-what-a-point-of-insanity-a-woman-can-sometimes-love/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

> [“But to judge some people impartially we must renounce certain preconceived opinions and our habitual attitude to the ordinary people about us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/but-to-judge-some-people-impartially-we-must-renounce-certain/)

[Crime and Punishment; Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/crime-and-punishment-fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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