Will I be able to cross or not! Do I dare to bend down and take it or not? Am I a trembling creature or do I have the right!
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A living soul will demand life, a living soul will not obey mechanics, a living soul is suspicious, a living soul is retrograde!
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He suddenly became completely indifferent to anyone’s opinion, and this change happened somehow in an instant, in one minute.
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And here’s another thing: I’m convinced that in St. Petersburg a lot of people talk to themselves as they walk. This is a city of half-mad people.
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A woman with a child asks for alms, it’s curious that she considers me happier than herself. Well, let’s just serve it up as a curiosity.
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Why not be vulgar when this dress is so comfortable to wear in our climate, and especially if you have a natural inclination to do so.
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This is why I drink, because in this drink I seek compassion and feeling. I am not looking for joy, but only sorrow. I drink because I really want to suffer!
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Sometimes such a person will endure half an hour of mortal fear with a robber, and when they finally put a knife to his throat, then even the fear will pass.
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But then, that is, at the beginning of acquaintance, you yourself know, you are always somehow more frivolous and stupid, you look wrong, you see the wrong thing.
The best quotes from the work “Crime and Punishment” (300 quotes)
Some kind of stupidity, some vulgar little thing, could ruin the whole plan! Little things, little things matter. It’s these little things that always ruin everything.
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There are other meetings, even with people completely unfamiliar to us, in whom we begin to be interested at first sight, somehow suddenly, suddenly, before we say a word.
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- Curious what people fear most? They are most afraid of a new step, a new word of their own.
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Compassion in our time is prohibited even by science; this is already being done in England, where there is political economy.
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She didn’t say anything, she just looked at me silently. And it’s more painful, sir, more painful, sir, when they don’t reproach you!
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His closet was right under the roof of a tall five-story building and looked more like a closet than an apartment.
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- They think that now it is impossible to break it; Let's see if it works or not! Raskolnikov
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In the room itself there were only two chairs and a very tattered oilcloth sofa, in front of which stood an old pine kitchen table, unpainted and not covered with anything.
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Does illness give rise to crime itself, or does crime itself, somehow by its special nature, always be accompanied by something like illness?
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His plump, round and slightly snub-nosed face was the color of a sick, dark yellow, but rather cheerful and even mocking.
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Science says: love yourself first, first of all, for everything in the world is based on personal interest. If you love yourself alone, then you will do your affairs properly.
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That’s just it: an honest and sensitive person opens up, but a business person listens and eats, and then eats.
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- I needed to know something else, something else was pushing me under my arms: I needed to find out then, and find out quickly, whether I was a louse like everyone else, or a human being?
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Oh, these grumpy ones! Principles. and you are all on principles, like on springs; does not dare to turn around of his own free will; but in my opinion, a good person is a good principle, and I don’t want to know anything.
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This hat was tall, round, Zimmerman's, but all already worn out, completely red, full of holes and stains, without a brim and bent to one side at the ugliest angle.
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Pushing someone away won’t fix a person, especially a boy. You have to be twice as careful with the boy.
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We have, they say, facts!” But facts are not everything; at least half the battle is how you handle facts!
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- But you can’t remain silent when you feel, feel gropingly, that you could help the cause.
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After all, what’s important here is that it’s not stinginess, it’s not skimping that’s important, but the tone of it all. After all, this is the future tone after marriage, a prophecy.
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His eyes were blue and looked coldly, intently and thoughtfully; scarlet lips. In general, he was a perfectly preserved man who seemed much younger than his age.
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His wide, high-cheekbone face was quite pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not St. Petersburg.
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You will start to suffer, you rush around with him like a chicken and an egg! Even here you steal other people’s authors.
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- Not a sign of independent life in you! You are made of spermaceti ointment, and instead of blood there is serum!
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And in general, in Russian society, those who have been beaten have the best manners.
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I don't trust any of you! The first thing you have to do is not to look like a human being in all circumstances!
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He woke up late the next day, after a troubled dream, but the dream did not support him. He woke up bilious, irritable, angry and looked at his closet with hatred.
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This is why I drink, because in this drink I seek compassion and feeling. I drink not joy, but only sorrow, because I really want to suffer!
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- Despite her eighteen years, she seemed almost still a girl. Suffering and pain are always necessary for a broad consciousness and a deep heart.
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Dunechka seems to be getting married for this reason. Fabulous! Fabulous!" Raskolnikov about his sister Duna
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This insignificant tavern conversation had an extraordinary influence on him in the further development of the matter: as if there really was some kind of predestination here.
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In everything there is a line beyond which it is dangerous to cross; for once you have stepped over, it is impossible to go back.
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Raskolnikov was not used to crowds and, as already said, ran away from any company, especially lately.
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If you please marry a businesslike and rational person, Avdotya Romanovna, who has his own capital and “seems to be kind.” This seems the most magnificent!
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She couldn't even be called pretty, but her blue eyes were so clear.
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The cinder had long gone out in the crooked candlestick, dimly illuminating in this beggarly room a murderer and a harlot, strangely gathered together to read an eternal book.
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They were resurrected by love, the heart of one contained endless sources of life for the heart of the other.
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It seemed to him that he had cut himself off from everyone and everything with scissors at that moment.
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After all, it is necessary that every person should have at least one place where they would feel sorry for him!
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A hundred rabbits can never make a horse, a hundred suspicions can never make a proof.
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I know that drunkenness is not a virtue, and this is even more so. But poverty, dear sir, poverty is a vice, sir.
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He is, at least a little, a decent person, well, so what is there to be proud of, that he is a decent person? Everyone should be a decent person.
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The more cunning a person is, the less he suspects that he will be knocked down in a simple way. -You seem to be a player? -No, what kind of player am I? Shuler is not a player.
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“It’s the wicked and old widows who have such purity,” Raskolnikov continued to himself.
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I’m afraid of her eyes and her eyes. I’m also afraid of the red spots on my cheeks, and I’m also afraid of her breathing. Have you seen how people in this disease breathe when they’re feeling agitated?
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I’m also afraid of children’s crying, because if Sonya didn’t feed me, then I don’t know what will! Don't know!
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It all depends on the situation and environment the person is in. Everything comes from the environment, but man himself is nothing.
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Thus, it is true that those who are led to execution attach their thoughts to all the objects that they encounter on the road.
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Do you understand, do you understand, dear sir, what it means when there is nowhere else to go? Because it is necessary for every person to have at least somewhere to go.
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I learned, Sonya, that if you wait until everyone becomes smart, it will take too long.
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No, it’s better in your homeland: here, at least, you blame others for everything and justify yourself.
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You cannot remain without activities, and therefore work and a firmly set goal for yourself, it seems to me, could help you a lot.
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The small room into which the young man walked, with yellow wallpaper, geraniums and muslin curtains on the windows, was at that moment brightly lit by the setting sun.
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The first category is always the master of the present, the second category is the master of the future. The first preserve the world and increase it numerically; the latter move the world and lead it to the goal.
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He was wearing an undershirt and a terribly greasy black satin vest, without a tie, and his whole face seemed to be smeared with oil, like an iron lock.
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Why, father, Rodion Romanovich, excuse me as an old man, you are still a young man, so to speak, in your first youth, and therefore value the human mind above all else, following the example of all young people.
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He sat down in a dark and dirty corner, at a sticky table, asked for beer and greedily drank the first glass.
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This is one thing he admitted to his crime: only that he did not bear it and made a confession.
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And here’s another thing: I’m convinced that in St. Petersburg a lot of people talk to themselves as they walk. This is a city of half-crazy people.
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The Jews came from somewhere, hide the money, and everything else is debauched. That's how this city smelled to me.
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God! - he prayed, - show me my path, and I will renounce this damned dream of mine!
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In his illness, he dreamed that the whole world was condemned to be a victim of some terrible, unheard of and unprecedented pestilence coming from the depths of Asia to Europe.
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Instead of dialectics, life came, and something completely different had to be developed in consciousness.
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Those who are led to execution attach their thoughts to all objects that they encounter on the road.
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It was not long for him to go; he even knew how many steps from the gates of his house: exactly seven hundred and thirty.
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In order to impartially judge some people, we must first abandon other preconceived views and ordinary habits towards the people and objects that usually surround us.
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“It’s the wicked and old widows who have such purity,” Raskolnikov continued to himself.
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An honest and sensitive person opens up, but a business person listens and eats, and then eats.
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Infinite happiness shone in her eyes; she understood, and there was no longer any doubt for her that he loved, loved her endlessly, and that this moment had finally come.
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Despite all his painful internal struggle, he could never, not for a single moment, believe in the feasibility of his plans, all this time.
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Everyone looks out for himself and the one who can deceive himself best is the one who lives the happiest!
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One glass of beer, a piece of cracker - and suddenly, in an instant, the mind becomes stronger, the thought becomes clearer, the intentions become firmer!
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A! wrong shape, not so aesthetically good shape! Well, I absolutely don’t understand: why hitting people with bombs, a proper siege, is a more respectable form?
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Did I kill the old lady? I killed myself, not the old woman! And then, all at once, he killed himself forever!
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Sonya was short, about eighteen years old, thin, but quite pretty blonde, with wonderful blue eyes.
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All this shame obviously affected her only mechanically; real depravity had not yet penetrated a single drop into her heart: he saw it; she stood before him in reality.
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Hey Sonya! What a well, however, they managed to dig! and enjoy it! That's why they use it!
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Ex-husband and wife or lover and mistress. There is always one corner here that always remains unknown to the whole world and which is known only to the two of them.
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The people get drunk, educated youth burn out from inaction in unrealistic dreams and dreams, and are deformed in theories.
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If only it were possible to go somewhere at this moment and remain completely alone, at least for the rest of my life. Then he would consider himself happy.
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Sonya’s room looked like a barn, had the appearance of a very irregular quadrangle, and this gave it something ugly.
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Tell me, please, are there many people who have the right to cut others?
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No matter how crude flattery may be, at least half of it certainly seems to be true.
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Svidrigailov shuddered: somehow this was not spoken as clearly as before.
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A moment of terrible, silent struggle passed in Svidrigailov’s soul. He looked at her with an inexpressible gaze. Suddenly he took his hand away, turned away, quickly went to the window and stood in front of it.
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A person can do only evil to another in this world and, on the contrary, does not have the right to do a single crumb of good, because of empty accepted formalities. This is ridiculous.
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Everything is in the hands of man, and yet he still misses it out of sheer cowardice.
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But an intelligent woman and a jealous woman are two different things, and that’s the problem.
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A strange thought pecked into his head like a chicken from an egg, and he was very, very interested.
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But he was not ashamed of his shaved head and shackles: his pride was greatly wounded; he fell ill from wounded pride.
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And really, really, nothing seems more comforting and fair to you than this! Raskolnikov cried out with a painful feeling.
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It was a brave soldier's face with a gray mustache and sideburns and an intelligent look.
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Rarely where can you find so many dark, harsh and strange influences on the human soul as in St. Petersburg.
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However, I’ve been wanting to buy the whole castle for two years now,” he added casually. Happy people are those who have nothing to lock up?
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Everything is in the hands of man, and yet he misses everything out of sheer cowardice; this is an axiom.
Quotes from the book “Crime and Punishment”
Oh, these grumpy ones! Principles. and you are all on principles, like on springs; does not dare to turn around of his own free will; but in my opinion, a good person is the principle.
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Strength, strength is needed: without strength you can’t take anything; but strength must be obtained by force, and that’s what they don’t know.
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The view is well known: crime is a protest against the abnormality of the social structure and nothing more, and no more reasons are allowed, and nothing more.
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I agree that ghosts are only sick; but this only proves that ghosts can appear only to the sick, and not that they do not exist in themselves.
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In Fedyaev’s shop they don’t sell any other way: once you pay, it’s enough for the rest of your life, so you won’t go again the next time.
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A husband should not owe anything to his wife; it is much better if the wife considers her husband to be her benefactor.
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I forgot this current apartment; however, I never remembered her, because I didn’t know her.
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The stuffiness remained as before; but he greedily breathed in this stinking, dusty, city-polluted air.
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. if society is organized normally, then all crimes will disappear at once, since there will be nothing to protest about, and everyone will become righteous in an instant.
Quotes from the novel “Crime and Punishment”: aphorisms
“Some kind of stupidity, some vulgar little thing, can ruin the whole plan. Little things, little things matter. It’s these little things that always ruin everything. "(Raskolnikov)
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“There are other meetings, even with people completely unfamiliar to us, in whom we begin to be interested at first sight, somehow suddenly, suddenly, before we say a word.” (Author)
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". compassion in our time is forbidden even by science. This is already done in England, where there is political economy.” (Marmeladov reports Lebezyatnikov’s words)
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“That’s why I drink, because in this drink I seek compassion and feeling. I am not looking for joy, but only sorrow. I drink because I really want to suffer!” (Marmeladov)
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“Do you understand, do you understand, dear sir, what it means when there is nowhere else to go?” (Marmeladov)
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“She didn’t say anything, she just looked at me silently. And it’s more painful, sir, more painful, sir, when they don’t reproach you!” (Marmeladov)
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". Every person must first be examined for oneself and more closely in order to judge him. "(Luzhin)
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“They think that now it’s impossible to break it; Let’s see if it’s allowed or not!” (Raskolnikov)
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“And how can you think that these are just flowers, and the real fruit is ahead!” (Raskolnikov)
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“After all, what’s important here is: it’s not stinginess, it’s not skimping that’s important, but the tone of it all. After all, this is the future tone after marriage, a prophecy. "(Raskolnikov about the marriage of Dunya and Luzhin)
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". Does illness give rise to the crime itself, or does the crime itself, somehow due to its special nature, always be accompanied by something like an illness?” (Raskolnikov)
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“That’s just it: an honest and sensitive person opens up, but a business person listens and eats, and then eats.” (Razumikhin)
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". To make a career in the world, it is enough, in my opinion, to always watch the season; If you don’t ask for asparagus in January, you’ll save a few rubles in your wallet. "(Razumikhin)
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“Pushing a person away will not fix you, especially not a boy. You need to be twice as careful with the boy.” (Razumikhin)
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“We have, they say, facts!” But facts are not everything; at least half the battle is how you handle facts!” (Razumikhin)
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“But you can’t remain silent when you feel, gropingly feel, that you could help the cause. "(Razumikhin)
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“We are used to living on everything ready-made, walking on other people’s feet, eating chewed things.” (Razumikhin)
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“Just to live, live and live! No matter how you live, just live. What a truth! Lord, how true! Scoundrel man! And the one who calls him a scoundrel for this is a scoundrel.” (Raskolnikov)
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“And what a desire to do good to those who... do they spit on it? (Raskolnikov Razumikhin)
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“If you get into trouble, you run around with him like a chicken and an egg! Even here you steal other people’s authors.” (Razumikhin)
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“Not a sign of independent life in you! You are made of spermaceti ointment, and instead of blood there is serum!” (Razumikhin)
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“I don’t trust any of you! Your first priority, in all circumstances, is to avoid looking like a human being!” (Razumikhin to Raskolnikov)
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These were quotes from the novel “Crime and Punishment” by Dostoevsky: aphorisms, catchphrases, interesting statements from the work.
Quotes from the novel “Crime and Punishment”, aphorisms, catchphrases, interesting sayings
“...everything is in the hands of a person, and yet he blows it by the nose, solely out of cowardice... I wonder what people are most afraid of? They are most afraid of a new step, a new word of their own...” (Raskolnikov)
“Some kind of stupidity, some vulgar little thing, can ruin the whole plan!... Little things, little things are the main thing!.. It’s these little things that always ruin everything...” (Raskolnikov)
“There are other meetings, even with people completely unfamiliar to us, in whom we begin to be interested at first sight, somehow suddenly, suddenly, before we say a word.” (Author)
“...poverty is not a vice, it is the truth. I know that drunkenness is not a virtue, and this is even more so. But poverty, dear sir, poverty is a vice, sir.
In poverty you still retain your nobility of innate feelings, but in poverty no one ever does.
For poverty they don’t even kick you out with a stick, but rather sweep them out of human company with a broom, so that it’s all the more offensive; and rightly so, for in poverty I am the first to insult myself.” (Marmeladov)
“And [Marmeladov] acquired a penchant for florid speech, probably due to the habit of frequent tavern conversations with various strangers. This habit turns into a necessity for some drinkers, and especially for those who are treated strictly at home and pushed around. That’s why in drinking company they always try to gain an excuse for themselves, and if possible, even respect.” (Author about drunken Marmeladov)
“... compassion in our time is forbidden even by science... this is already done in England, where there is political economy.” (Marmeladov reports Lebezyatnikov’s words)
“And if there is no one to go to, if there is nowhere else to go! After all, it is necessary that every person at least have somewhere to go. Because there are times when you absolutely have to go somewhere!” (Marmeladov)
“That’s why I drink, because in this drink I seek compassion and feeling. I’m not looking for fun, but only sorrow... I drink because I really want to suffer!” (Marmeladov)
“Do you understand, do you understand, dear sir, what it means when there is nowhere else to go?” (Marmeladov)
“She didn’t say anything, she just looked at me silently... And it’s more painful, sir, more painful, sir, when they don’t reproach you!” (Marmeladov)
“And we got used to it. We cried and got used to it. A scoundrel of a man gets used to everything!”
“...every person must first be examined for oneself and more closely in order to judge him...” (Luzhin)
“They think that now it’s impossible to break it; Let’s see if it’s allowed or not!” (Raskolnikov)
“...you would like to marry a businesslike and rational person, Avdotya Romanovna, who has his own capital... and, “it seems, is kind,” This seems most magnificent of all! And this same Dunechka seems to be getting married for this!.. Magnificent! Fabulous!" (Raskolnikov about his sister Duna)
“And how can you think that these are just flowers, and the real fruit is ahead!” (Raskolnikov)
“After all, what’s important here is: it’s not stinginess, it’s not skimping that’s important, but the tone of it all. After all, this is the future tone after marriage, a prophecy...” (Raskolnikov about the marriage of Dunya and Luzhin)
...for himself, for his own comfort, even to save himself from death, he will not sell himself, but for someone else he sells it! For a dear, for an adored person will sell! That’s what our whole thing is: he’ll sell it for his brother, for his mother! Everything will sell! ...we will take freedom, peace, even conscience, everything, everything to the flea market. Lose your life! If only these beloved creatures of ours were happy.” (Raskolnikov about his sister Duna)
“Sonechka, Sonechka Marmeladova, eternal Sonechka, as long as the world stands!” (Raskolnikov)
“Do you understand that Luzhin’s cleanliness is the same as Sonechka’s cleanliness, and maybe even worse, nastier, meaner, because you, Dunechka, still rely on excess comfort, and there it’s simply about being hungry? death is coming! "(Raskolnikov about Dunya's marriage to Luzhin)
“Oh, what a shame there is now in the world, Lord!” (policeman)
“...In a painful state, dreams are often distinguished by their extraordinary prominence, brightness and extreme similarity to reality. ... Such dreams, painful dreams, are always remembered for a long time and make a strong impression on the upset and already excited human body.” (Author)
“...does illness give rise to the crime itself, or does the crime itself, somehow by its special nature, always be accompanied by something like an illness?” (Raskolnikov)
“...Involuntarily you will become pale... if there is nothing to eat...” (Raskolnikov)
“Science says: love yourself first, first of all, for everything in the world is based on personal interest. If you love yourself alone, then you will manage your affairs properly, and your caftan will remain intact.” (Luzhin)
“Intelligent speeches are pleasant to listen to.” (Razumikhin)
“That’s just it: an honest and sensitive person opens up, but a business person listens and eats, and then eats.” (Razumikhin)
“...to make a career in the world, in my opinion, it is enough to always watch the season; if you don’t ask for asparagus in January, you’ll save a few rubles in your wallet...” (Razumikhin)
“Oh, these grumpy ones! Principles!.. and you are all on principles, like on springs; does not dare to turn around of his own free will; But in my opinion, a good person is the principle, and I don’t want to know anything.” (Razumikhin)
“I said that he is only good in his own way! But just look at all kinds of things - will there be so many good people left? Yes, I’m sure that for me then, completely with tripe, they’ll only give me one baked onion, and only if it comes with you!” (Razumikhin about Zametov)
“Pushing a person away will not fix you, especially not a boy. You need to be twice as careful with the boy.” (Razumikhin)
“You don’t respect a person, you offend yourself...” (Razumikhin)
“After all, what’s the most offensive thing here? It’s not that they’re lying; a lie can always be forgiven; lying is a nice thing, because it leads to the truth. No, it’s annoying that they lie, and even worship their own lies.” (Razumikhin)
“We have, they say, facts!” But facts are not everything; at least half the battle is how you handle facts!” (Razumikhin)
“But you can’t remain silent when you feel, gropingly feel, that you could help the cause...” (Razumikhin)
“...you will notice and learn most by observing our younger generations.” (Luzhin)
“Efficiency is hard to acquire, but it doesn’t fall out of the sky for nothing. And we have been weaned from any business for almost two hundred years... Ideas, perhaps, are wandering... and there is a desire for good, albeit childish; and there will even be honesty, despite the fact that there are apparently scammers here, but there is still no efficiency! Efficiency wears boots.” (Razumikhin)
“We are used to living on everything ready-made, walking on other people’s feet, eating chewed things.” (Razumikhin)
“Just to live, live and live! No matter how you live, just live!.. What a truth! Lord, how true! Scoundrel man! And the one who calls him a scoundrel for this is a scoundrel.” (Raskolnikov)
“And what kind of desire is there to do good to those who... don’t give a damn about it?” (Raskolnikov Razumikhin)
“If you get into trouble, you run around with him like a chicken and an egg! Even here you steal other people’s authors.” (Razumikhin)
“Not a sign of independent life in you! You are made of spermaceti ointment, and instead of blood there is serum!” (Razumikhin)
“I don’t trust any of you! Your first priority, in all circumstances, is to avoid looking like a human being!” (Razumikhin to Raskolnikov)
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Quotes from “Crime and Punishment” by F.M. Dostoevsky
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“and you will reach such a line that if you don’t cross it you will be unhappy, but if you step over it, maybe you will be even more unhappy”
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“However, I’ve been wanting to buy the entire castle for two years now,” he added casually. Are people happy who have nothing to lock up?
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Some kind of stupidity, some vulgar little thing, can ruin the whole plan. Little things, little things matter. It’s these little things that always ruin everything. (Raskolnikov)
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There are other meetings, even with people completely unfamiliar to us, in whom we begin to be interested at first sight, somehow suddenly, suddenly, before we say a word. (Author)
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. compassion in our time is forbidden even by science and that this is already being done in England, where there is political economy. (Marmeladov reports Lebezyatnikov’s words)
Quotes by Raskolnikov from the novel “Crime and Punishment” (40 quotes)
Rodion Raskolnikov is the main character in the novel Crime and Punishment. His financial situation left much to be desired, which prevented Rodion from receiving an education. In addition to this, they planned to marry his sister into an arranged marriage. This state of affairs pushed the guy to commit a crime. This collection contains quotes by Raskolnikov from the novel “Crime and Punishment.”
Strength, strength is needed: without strength you can’t take anything; but strength must be obtained by force, and that’s what they don’t know.
And what is the desire to do good to those who... do not care about it?
The stuffiness remained as before; but he greedily breathed in this stinking, dusty, city-polluted air.
The more cunning a person is, the less he suspects that he will be knocked down in a simple way. The cunning man must be brought down with the simplest things.
Is she sane? Is it possible to speak like her? Is it possible in a sane mind to reason like she does? Is it really possible to sit above death, right above the stinking pit into which she is already being drawn, and wave her arms and cover her ears when they tell her about danger? What, is she waiting for a miracle?
Little things, little things that matter!.. It’s these little things that always ruin everything...
It is clear that now it was necessary not to be sad, not to suffer passively, with mere reasoning that the issues were insoluble, but to certainly do something, and now, and as soon as possible. At any cost, you have to decide, at least something, or...
Suffering and pain are always necessary for a broad consciousness and a deep heart. Truly great people, it seems to me, must feel great sadness in the world.
In a word, I conclude that all, not just great people, but also people who are a little out of the rut, that is, even a little bit capable of saying something new, must, by nature, certainly be criminals - more or less, of course.
They are accustomed to living on everything ready-made, walking on other people’s feet, and eating chewed food.
I didn’t say this about you because of dishonor and sin, but because of your great compassion.
Power is given only to those who dare to bend down and take it. There is only one thing, one thing: you just have to dare!
And so it always happens with these beautiful souls of Schiller: until the last moment they dress a person in peacock feathers, until the last moment they hope for good and not for evil; and although they foresee the turn of the medal, they will never utter a real word to themselves in advance; the mere thought jars them; They shrug off the truth with both hands, until the painted man sticks his nose on them with his own hand.
Oh, low characters! They love, they definitely hate...
Fear of aesthetics is the first sign of powerlessness.
Everything is in the hands of a person, and yet he still misses it, purely out of cowardice... this is an axiom... I wonder what people are more afraid of? They are most afraid of a new step, a new word of their own...
Bread and salt together, but tobacco apart.
I didn’t kill the old lady, I killed myself!
But children are the image of Christ: “These is the kingdom of God.” He ordered them to be honored and loved, they are the future of humanity...
Do you know... that low ceilings and cramped rooms cramp the soul and mind.
...he had never before experienced such a strange sensation. And what is most painful of all is that it was more a sensation than consciousness, rather than a concept; an immediate sensation, the most painful sensation of all the sensations he had experienced so far in his life.
“Before, you say, you went to teach children, but now why don’t you do anything?” “I do...” Raskolnikov said reluctantly and sternly. - What are you doing? - A job... - What kind of job? “I think,” he answered seriously, after a pause.
The scoundrel-man gets used to everything!
The point is clear: for himself, for his own comfort, even to save himself from death, he will not sell himself, but for someone else he sells it! For a dear, for an adored person will sell! That’s what the whole thing is: he’ll sell it for his brother, for his mother! Everything will sell! Oh, here we, on occasion, will crush our moral feeling; freedom, tranquility, even conscience, we will take everything, everything to the flea market. Lose your life! If only these beloved creatures of ours were happy. Moreover, we will invent our own casuistry, we will learn from the Jesuits and for a while, perhaps, we will calm ourselves down, we will convince ourselves that this is necessary, really necessary for a good purpose.
If only it were possible to go somewhere at this moment and remain completely alone, at least for the rest of my life. Then he would consider himself happy.
These last words, after everything that had been said before and looked so much like a renunciation, were too unexpected. Raskolnikov trembled all over, as if pierced. “So... who... killed?..” he asked, unable to bear it, in a breathless voice. Porfiry Petrovich even recoiled back in his chair, as if it was so unexpected and he was amazed at the question. “How did someone kill?..” he said, as if he couldn’t believe his ears, “yes, you killed, Rodion Romanych!” “You killed, sir...” he added almost in a whisper, in a completely convinced voice.
Will I be able to cross or not! Do I dare to bend down and take it or not? Am I a trembling creature or do I have the right!
And besides, in order to identify any person, you need to treat him gradually and carefully, so as not to fall into error and prejudice, which is very difficult to correct and make amends for later.
There are other meetings, even with people completely unfamiliar to us, in whom we begin to be interested at first sight, somehow suddenly, suddenly, before we say a word.
Sonechka... Sonechka... Eternal Sonechka, as long as the world stands.
Some kind of stupidity, some vulgar little thing, can ruin the whole plan...
...I talk too much. That's why I don't do anything, because I chat. Perhaps, however, it’s like this: that’s why I’m chatting because I’m not doing anything.
Everyone has their own steps.
... and you reach such a line that if you don’t step over it, you’ll be unhappy, but if you step over it, maybe you’ll be even more unhappy...
He is a smart man, but to act smartly, intelligence alone is not enough.
But why do they love me so much if I’m not worth it! Oh, if I were alone and no one loved me, and I myself would not love anyone!
If you fail, everything seems stupid!
It almost made him feel funny, and at the same time his chest felt painfully tight. In some depth, below, somewhere barely visible under his feet, all this former past, and former thoughts, and former tasks, and former themes, and former impressions, and this whole panorama, and himself, and everything, and everything... It seemed as if he was flying somewhere, upward, and everything was disappearing in his eyes...
Do you know... that low ceilings and cramped rooms cramp the soul and mind.
However, I’ve been wanting to buy the entire castle for two years now,” he added casually. - Happy people are those who have nothing to lock up?
