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Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a renowned Russian novelist and philosopher, known for his profound exploration of human psychology and morality. His works often delve into themes of existentialism, free will, and the struggle between faith and doubt. Dostoyevsky's life experiences, including his time in a Siberian labor camp and his battles with poverty, deeply influenced his writing. His most famous novels, such as "Crime and Punishment," "The Brothers Karamazov," and "The Idiot," showcase complex characters...

Sometimes it happens that people we don't know inspire sudden interest in us when we see them for the first time, even before exchanging a word with them. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and...

The more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers...

Being in love doesn't mean loving. You may be in love with a woman and yet hate her. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers...

Another circumstance, too, worried me in those days: that there was no one like me and I was unlike anyone else. "I am alone and they are everyone," I thought–and pondered. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes from...

I am sorry I can say nothing more to console you, for love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams. Love in dreams is greedy for immediate action, rapidly performed and in the sight of all. Men will even give their lives if only the ordeal does not last long but is soon over, with all looking on and applauding as though on stage. But active love is labor and fortitude, and for some people too, perhaps, a complete science. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers...

Why do you cry for someone else? Save your tears for your own time of mourning, when you are alone! When loneliness wants to break your heart and you have no one... — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Landlady

You mustn't ask too much of human endurance, one must be merciful. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers...

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