Who said "I have been a scoundrel, but I was not born a scoundrel"?

This quote is attributed to Dmitri Karamazov.

I have been a scoundrel, but I was not born a scoundrel - Dmitri Karamazov

"I have been a scoundrel, but I was not born a scoundrel"

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Character in The Brothers Karamazov

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"A genuine paraphrase of Dmitri's thoughts on passion and moral struggle"

"I am not mad; I am only unhappy"

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man"

"I could not bear the sufferings of children"

"Change brings new opportunities."

"Every day is a new opportunity."

"Healing doesn't mean forgetting."

"You either get better or you get bitter."