Katerina > Katerina's Quotes

“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Idiot

“Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.”
― Dostoevski Fiordor, Идиот

“Compassion was the principal and, perhaps, the only law of existence for the whole of mankind.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot

“…Найдите мне, князь, сюжет для картины.
— Я в этом ничего не понимаю. Мне кажется: взглянуть и писать.
— Взглянуть не умею.”
― Федор Достоевский, Идиот