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Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a seminal Russian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his novels "Crime and Punishment" (1866) and "The Brothers Karamazov" (1880), which explore deep philosophical and psychological themes. more Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was a seminal Russian novelist and short story writer. He is best known for his novels "Crime and Punishment" (1866) and "The Brothers Karamazov" (1880), which explore deep philosophical and psychological themes. Arrested in 1849 for his involvement with the Petrashevsky Circle, Dostoevsky spent four years in a Siberian labor camp, an experience that profoundly influenced his writing. "Notes from Underground" (1864) is another significant work, often cited as one of the first existentialist novels. Dostoevsky's exploration of human nature, morality, and the human condition set him apart in the literary world. He died in St. Petersburg in 1881. less

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"Science which has become a great power in the last centuries will go on progressing and will strip away the veils covering the greatest problems of life"
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"If there is no God, everything is permitted"
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"It is not possible to build on negative emotions. Genuine literature will come only when we replace hatred for man with love for him"
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"There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it"
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"I was afraid of looking into the people's faces, their eyes were so sharp and burning. Their glances were unlike the glances of ordinary people"
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"Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded"
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"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up"
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"Wealth is the number of things one can do without"
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"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams"
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"To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise"
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"I want to suffer to be purified by suffering"
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"What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?"
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"Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain"
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"I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness"
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"The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison"
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