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“Who doesn't desire his fathers death?”

Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

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“... you can never be sure of what has passed between husband and wife or lover and mistress.”

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Book:Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky's Collections

Source: Crime and Punishment: Dostoevsky's Collections

“The jealous are the readiest of all to forgive, and all women know it.”

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Book:The Brothers Karamazov

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“Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic.”

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“If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else to do but stare at your wart, laugh at it, and condemn you for it, even though you have discovered America.”

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“Trifles, trifles are what matter!”

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Book:The Greatest Works of Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment + The Brother's Karamazov + The Idiot + Notes from Underground + The Gambler + Demons (The Possessed / The Devils)

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)

“To crush, to annihilate a man utterly, to inflict on him the most terrible of punishments so that the most ferocious murderer would shudder at it and dread it beforehand, one need only give him work of an absolutely, completely useless and irrational character.”

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Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Book:Crime and Punishment

Source: Crime and Punishment

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Book:Songs for the New Age

Source: Songs for the New Age