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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist

1821–1881

55 quotes, most often on Love, Truth & Lies and God.

Granted I am a babbler, a harmless vexatious babbler, like all of us. But what is to be done if the direct and sole vocation of every intelligent man is babble, that is, the intentional pouring of water through a sieve?
Notes from Underground (1864), Part 1, Chapter 5 (tr. Constance Garnett, 1918)In context
- Intelligence
- Talking
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth
Crime and Punishment (1867), Part III, Chapter VIn context
- Emotion
- Intelligence
A fool with a heart and no brains is just as unhappy as a fool with brains and no heart.
The Idiot (1869), Part I, Chapter VIIIn context
- Happiness
- Intelligence
The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in.
Crime and Punishment (1867), Part III, Chapter VIIn context
- Intelligence
The stupider one is, the closer one is to reality. The stupider one is, the clearer one is. Stupidity is brief and artless, while intelligence wriggles and hides itself. Intelligence is a knave, but stupidity is honest and straightforward.
The Brothers Karamazov (1880), Book V: Pro and Contra, Chapter IIIIn context
- Intelligence

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