“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
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