“He was one of the numerous and varied legion of dullards, of half-animated abortions, conceited, half-educated coxcombs, who attach themselves to the idea most in fashion only to vulgarize it and who caricature every cause they serve, however sincerely.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Where is it I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only room to stand, and the ocean, everlasting darkness, everlasting solitude, everlasting tempest around him, if he had to remain standing on a square yard of space all his life, a thousand years, eternity, it were better to live so than to die at once. Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“the most offensive is not their lying—one can always forgive lying—lying is a delightful thing, for it leads to truth—what is offensive is that they lie and worship their own lying…”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
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