1,167 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave.

I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave.

Your money or your life!

I exaggerate everything, that is where I go wrong

I was always conscious of that weak point of mine, and sometimes very much afraid of it. "I exaggerate everything, that is where I go wrong.

¿Qué valor tiene un amor que obliga a una vigilancia incesante? - Ninguno. Pero esto no lo comprenderá jamás el típico celoso.

Why live? What would he have to live for? To aim for? Live to exist? But hadn't he been prepared even before, on a thousand occasions, to give up his existence for an idea, a hope, even a fantasy? Existence alone had never been enough for him; he'd always wanted more. And perhaps the only reason he'd considered himself a man to whom more was permitted than to others was the very strength of his desires.

Sou um sonhador, mal conheço a vida real, e um momento como este é tão raro de ser conseguido por mim, que me seria absolutamente impossível não continuar a evocá-lo sempre em meus sonhos.

O amor é um mistério divino, que deve permanecer escondido aos olhos de todos, aconteça o que acontecer.