Dostoevsky is a Belarusian toponymic surname referring to a person from the Belarusian village Dostoyevo. The feminine form is Dostoevskaya. Notable people with the surname include:Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), Russian writer and essayist
Dostoevsky (Russian: Достоевский) is a Belarusian toponymic surname referring to a person from the Belarusian village Dostoyevo. The feminine form is Dostoevskaya. Notable people with the surname include:
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881), Russian writer and essayist
Anna Dostoevskaya, second wife of Fyodor
Andrey Dostoevsky (1825–1897), Fyodor's brother, an architect
Lyubov Dostoevskaya, second daughter of Fyodor
Mikhail Dostoevsky (1820–1864), Fyodor's brother, short story writer and publisher
“To study the meaning of man and of life — I am making significant progress here. I have faith in myself. Man is a mystery: if you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out, then do not say that you have wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery, because I want to be a man.”
“It was not only that I could not become spiteful, I did not know how to become anything; neither spiteful nor kind, neither a rascal nor an honest man, neither a hero nor an insect. Now, I am living out my life in my corner, taunting myself with the spiteful and useless consolation that an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.”
“All is in a man's hands and he lets it all slip from cowardice, that's an axiom. It would be interesting to know what it is men are most afraid of. Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what they fear most.”
“First of all, this prince is an idiot, and, secondly, he is a fool--knows nothing of the world, and has no place in it.”
“There is no sin, and there can be no sin on all the earth, which the Lord will not forgive to the truly repentant! Man cannot commit a sin so great as to exhaust the infinite love of God. Can there be a sin which could exceed the love of God?”
“Нет бессмертия души, так нет и добродетели, значит, всё позволено. ... Без бога-то и без будущей жизни? Ведь это, стало быть, теперь всё позволено, всё можно делать?”
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