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Quant à l'homme qui chemine vers la vertu, quels que soient déjà ses progrès, il a besoin de quelque indulgence de la Fortune, lui qui lutte encore dans l'embarras des choses-humaines, tant qu'il n'a pas délié ce nœud et rompu tout lien mortel. Où donc est la différence ? C'est que les uns sont attachés, les autres enchaînés, d'autres n'ont pas un
... See moreSénèque • Sénèque : Oeuvres complètes illustrées (31 titres annotés et complétés) (French Edition)
It once came into my head that if it were desired to reduce a man to nothing—to punish him atrociously, to crush him in such a manner that the most hardened murderer would tremble before such a punishment, and take fright beforehand—it would be necessary to give to his work a character of complete uselessness, even to absurdity.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont
The moment anybody comes close to me, his personality begins to overpower my self-esteem and intrude upon my freedom. Within one day I can end up hating the very best of men, some because they take too long over their dinner, others because they’ve caught a cold and keep blowing their noses. I become a misanthrope, he said, the minute I come into c
... See moreFyodor Dostoevsky • The Karamazov Brothers (Oxford World's Classics)
The single most common mark of a Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel is psychology—both man's psychology in and of itself and the shaping force of psychology in man's life. This emerges from Dostoyevsky's own psychological suffering throughout his life.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky • The Gambler [with Biographical Introduction]
“Feed them first, then ask virtue of them!”—that
Larissa Volokhonsky • The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue
Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov,