“To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.”
Source: Crime and Punishment (Zločin a trest)
Quotes from book
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Original title
Преступленіе и наказаніе
(Russian, 1866)
Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing.Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student in Saint Petersburg who formulates a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Before the killing, Raskolnikov believes that with the money he could liberate himself from poverty and go on to perform great deeds. However, once it is done he finds himself racked with confusion, paranoia, and disgust for what he has done. His ethical justifications disintegrate completely as he struggles with guilt and horror and confronts the real-world moral consequences of his deed.
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
Crime and Punishment (1866)
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
Source: Crime and Punishment (Zločin a trest)
“Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.”
Crime and Punishment (1866)
“Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.”
Crime and Punishment (1866)
“Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.”
Crime and Punishment (1866)
