Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, one of the greatest in the history of world literature, led millions of readers through the sufferings of the human soul, exposed poverty, brought both characters and readers to the brink of physical and mental existence.
Most of his novels were set in the gloomy spaces of the metropolitan underground
Most often with short sentences in which one does not find the opulence of Tolstoy, with whom he was most often compared or presented as the most significant representative of realism, Dostoevsky brought his unhappy life, his own difficult psychological construction into his works and was undoubtedly an excellent connoisseur of human nature.
"I have always considered the vocation of a writer to be the noblest, most useful vocation. I have the conviction that only by following that path could I really be useful, so maybe I would pay some attention to myself, gain a good name again, and at least provide for my existence to some extent; because I have nothing except, perhaps, a little literary ability" - he writes in one of his letters from Siberia.
"In order to act sensibly - it is not enough to have just sensibility"
Most of his novels were set in the gloomy spaces of the metropolitan underworld, centered around exciting events inherited from trivial novels and black chronicles. The characters from his works are generally lower than ordinary people, humiliated, insulted, angry, frightened, punished, primitive or prone to ecstasies in which they transcend the human and become sublime human beings.
His rich oeuvre consists of novels. "Poor people", "Evil souls", "Notes from the underground", "Humiliation and insult", "Crime and punishment", "Idiot", "The Brothers Karamazov".
We convey some of his brilliant sentences from a wide literary oeuvre.
"If you headed towards the goal and on the way started to stop and throw stones at every dog that barks at you, you will never reach the goal".
"If you immediately think of gratitude for every friendly service, then you have not given a gift, you have sold it".
"It is better to have someone among enemies than among friends"
"In order to act sensibly - it is not enough to have just sensibility".
"Fantasy is a natural force in man and if it is not satisfied, it will either disappear or vice versa - it will flare up excessively, and that is also harmful".
"A fool who has become aware that he is a fool is no longer a fool".
"I fear one thing: not being worthy of my sufferings".
"How many people are there who do not think for themselves, but live from thoughts invented by others".
"Youth is pure just because it is youth".
"I try to love life more than its meaning".
"All love passes, but disagreement remains forever"
"It is better to have someone among enemies than among friends".
"Nothing in the world is more difficult than honesty and there is nothing easier than flattery".
"If heaven is not within you, you will never enter it".
"Those who know how to speak, speak briefly".
"The vile soul, when freed from the yoke, oppresses itself".
"Before you tell people how they should live, show it by your example".
"Work is the pleasure of the mind, and idleness is the delight of the imagination".
"Reason exists so that man can achieve what he wants"
"Just the fact that a woman gave me her hand meant a whole epoch in my life".
"All love passes, but disagreement remains forever".
"All the ideals of the world are not worth the tears of one child".
"The greater the power, the more terrible its use".
"Reason exists so that man can achieve what he wants".
"Destroy my desires, erase my ideals, show me something better and I will follow you".
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