Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky; 11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoyevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmosphere of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 November 1821
CityMoscow, Russia
Fyodor Dostoevsky quotes about
romantic order romance
In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.
thieves unjust unbearable
There were moments when I hated everybody I came across, innocent or guilty, and looked at them as thieves who were robbing me of my life with impunity. The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself - but you just can't help it.
suffering wish drink
I drink because I wish to multiply my sufferings.
home widows spiteful
It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness.
marriage husband wife
... you can never be sure of what has passed between husband and wife or lover and mistress.
circumstances like-me
One circumstance tormented me then: Namely, that no one else was like me, and I was like no one else. I am only one, and they are all.
joy humanity desire
What can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.
life men second-chance
It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.
beauty heart fighting
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
workout new-relationship deep-thought
There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.
atheist children doubt
The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.
over-you looks watches
Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.
acting enough
Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.
truth lying deceiving-others
Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.