Fyodor Quotes
Fyodor Quote of the day
A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.
Money is a kind of freedom that can be felt and heard
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most hardened heart
It's precisely in despair that you find the most intense pleasure, especially if you are already powerfully conscious of the hopelessness of your predicament.
I swear, gentlemen, that to be too conscious is an illness - a real thorough-going illness.
...there is no explaining anything by reasoning and so it is useless to reason.
Moreover, in order to understand any man one must be deliberate and careful to avoid forming prejudices and mistaken ideas, which are very difficult to correct and get over afterwards.
The only gain of civilisation for mankind is the greater capacity for variety of sensations - and absolutely nothing more.