Inspirational Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“-- 'Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swears they will keep mum about this and they wish they may Drop down dead in their tracks if they ever tell and Rot.' Huckleberry was filled with admiration of Tom's facility in writing, and the sublimity of his language.”

“Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles. Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man’s are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men’s misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.”

“Just at this juncture the boy felt a slow, fateful grip closing on his ear, and a steady lifting impulse. In that vise he was borne across the house and deposited in his own seat, under a peppering fire of giggles from the whole school. Then the master stood over him during a few awful moments, and finally moved away to his throne without saying a word. But although Tom's ear tingled, his heart was jubilant.”

“As the service proceeded, the clergyman drew such pictures of the graces, the winning ways, and the rare promise of the lost lads that every soul there, thinking he recognized these pictures, felt a pang in remembering that he had persistently blinded himself to them always before, and had as persistently seen only faults and flaws in the poor boys. The minister related many a touching incident in the lives of the departed, too, which illustrated their sweet, generous natures, and the people could easily see, now, how noble and beautiful those episodes were, and remembered with grief that at the time they occurred they had seemed rank rascalities, well deserving of the cowhide. The congregation became more and more moved, as the pathetic tale went on, till at last the whole company broke down and joined the weeping mourners in a chorus of anguished sobs, the preacher himself giving way to his feelings, and crying in the pulpit.”

“Los que son fieles sólo conocen el lado trivial del amor: es el infiel quien sabe de sus tragedias.”

“y no sé por qué un sentimiento indefinible me obligó a hacer como que no la conocía y pasar a su lado como si fuera mirando a lo lejos sin verla. Esto me ha sucedido después más de una vez en la vida, si no me equivoco.”

“la confianza no puede existir donde hay almas mezquinas.”

“Ley 142: Si una desprecio al marido y le dijo no me tendrás como mujer en lo sucesivo, y si ella ha sido correcta y vigilante y no hay error en su conducta, y si su marido ha sido negligente, esta mujer es inocente: tomará su serictu e irá a la casa del padre.”

“Sé extremadamente sutil, discreto, hasta el punto de no tener forma. Sé completamente misterioso y confidencial, hasta el punto de ser silencioso.”

“Afterward I could not help admiring the discrimination of the host and hostess in the distribution of the children’s presents. The little girl, who had already a portion of three hundred thousand rubles, received the costliest doll. Then followed presents diminishing in value in accordance with the rank of the parents of these happy children; finally, the child of lowest degree, a thin, freckled, red-haired little boy of ten, got nothing but a book of stories about the marvels of nature and tears of devotion, etc., without pictures or even woodcuts. He was the son of a poor widow, the governess of the children of the house, an oppressed and scared little boy. He was dressed in a short jacket of inferior nankeen. After receiving his book he walked around the other toys for a long time; he longed to play with the other children, but did not dare; it was evident that he already felt and understood his position. I”

“-Sí, ya lo sé, Mercedes -respondió Fernando-; hasta el horrible atractivo de la franqueza tienes conmigo. Pero ¿olvidas que es ley sagrada entre los nuestros el casarse catalanes con catalanes?”

“He was overwhelmed by the beauty of the world. Beside that nothing seemed to matter.”

“The only happy marriages I know are marriages of prudence.”

“Toda la diversidad, la hermosura, el encanto de la vida, se componen de luces y sombras”

“La admiración que sentía por él llegaba a veces a asustarla.”

“This prince enjoyed exceptionally good health, even for a prince ; and, owing to his gymnastic exercises and the scrupulous care he took of himself, notwithstanding the excesses to which he let his love for pleasure carry him, he remained as fresh as a great, green, shiny Dutch cucumber.”

“[...] e essa ideia de ter um filho homem era como a revanche de todas as suas impotências passadas. Um homem ao menos é livre; pode percorrer as paixões e os países, atravessar os obstáculos, ir atrás das alegrias mais distintas. Ao mesmo tempo inerte e flexível, a mulher tem a seu desfavor as fraquezas da carne e as dependências da lei. Sua vontade, como o véu do chapéu retido por uma fita, palpita ao sabor de todos os ventos; sempre há algum desejo que arrasta, alguma conveniência que retém.”

“Bir gün, birdenbire, tam umudumuzu kestiğimiz sırada. O zaman ufuklar aralanır; "İşte!" diye haykıran bir ses gibidir. Bir kimseye, yaşamınızın sırlarını dökmek, ona her şeyi vermek, onun için her şeyi feda etmek gereksinimini duyarsınız! İçinizdekileri anlatmazsınız birbirlerinize, anlatmadan seziverirsiniz. Düşlerde görmüşsünüzdür. Kısacası şuracıktadır, o kadar aranmış olan hazine şuracıkta, önünüzdedir; parlar, kıvılcımlar saçar. Gene de hala kuşku duyar insan, inanmaktan çekinir, gözleri kamaşıp kalır, karanlıklardan ışığa çıkar gibi...”

“Emma leek op alle andere maîtresses; en nu de bekoring van het nieuwe langzamerhand als een kledingstuk van haar afgleed, kwam de eentonigheid van de hartstocht bloot, die altijd dezelfde vorm heeft, die dezelfde taal spreekt.”