“Love is a holy mystery and ought to be hidden from all other eyes, whatever happens. That makes it holier and better.… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Once a man has lost his self-respect, and has decided to abjure his better qualities and human dignity, he falls headlong, and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Whoever infringes upon individual 'charity,'" I began, "infringes upon man's nature and scorns his personal dignity. But the organizing of 'social charity'… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Whoever infringes upon individual 'charity' infringes upon man's nature and scorns his personal dignity” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Anyone who attacks individual charity, attacks human nature and casts contempt on personal dignity.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“It is curious that this man who, even in my childhood, made such an impression upon me, who had such a crucial… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“To be astonished at everything, of course, is silly, while to be astonished at nothing is much more handsome, and for some… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Delicacy and dignity are taught by one's own heart, not by a dancing master.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“I ask, I demand to be respected! Shatov went on shouting. "Not for my person--to hell with it--but for something else, just… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Her gloves, as Razumihin noticed, were not merely shabby but had holes in them, and yet this evident poverty gave the two… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“By showing him so much respect, Thou didst, as it were, cease to feel for him, for Thou didst ask far too… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“But of course that is because I do not respect myself. Can a man of perception respect himself at all? Come, can… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“you don’t understand a thing! If you don’t respect others, you harm yourself. . . .” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Just try to suppose that I may not know how to behave with dignity. That is, perhaps I'm a dignified man, but… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“And what if there are only spiders there, or something of that sort” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“He is a man of intelligence, but to act sensibly, intelligence is not enough.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“- 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 Image
“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 Image
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