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Famous Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Source: The 10 Greatest Books of All Time
“Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.”
“There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.”
“If they drive God from the earth, we shall shelter Him underground.”
Source: The Brother's Karamazov (The Unabridged Garnett Translation)
“The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular.”
Source: GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD
“Happiness lies not in happiness but only in the attempt to achieve it.”
Source: Writer's Diary Volume 1: 1873-1876
Source: Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky's Collections
“If there were no God, he would have to be invented.”
Source: The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)
“Beauty would save the world.”
Source: The Idiot (Vintage Classics)
“Life is in ourselves and not in the external.”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
Source: Grand Inquisitor
Source: The Idiot
“There is immeasurably more left inside than what comes out in words.”
Source: The Adolescent