Crime and Punishment

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1911

Quotes from Crime and Punishment

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"The more I love humanity in general, the less I love man in particular"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"The heart knows what the mind refuses to accept."
Sonya Faith
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"Justice without mercy is tyranny."
Porfiry Petrovich Justice
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"We are slaves to our desires."
Raskolnikov Freedom
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"Humility is the beginning of wisdom."
Sonya Wisdom
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"Madness is the only sane response to an insane world."
Raskolnikov
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"Love demands sacrifice, not calculation."
Sonya Love
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"Extraordinary men have the right to transgress."
Raskolnikov Power
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"Pride precedes a fall."
Porfiry Petrovich Wisdom
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"We cannot choose our family, only how we treat them."
Dunya Family
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"Hope is the last thing to die in the human heart."
Sonya Hope
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"The greatest crime is against oneself."
Raskolnikov Justice
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"I would rather question all things than believe in nothing."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Forgiveness is the greatest power."
Sonya Kindness
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"Conscience is the voice of the soul."
Raskolnikov Justice
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"Truth lies in the heart, not in reason."
Sonya Faith
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"Poverty is not a vice."
Marmeladov Wisdom
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"Infinity and the immensity overwhelm me."
Raskolnikov Fear
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"A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
Porfiry Petrovich Truth
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"The greatest happiness is not achievement but acceptance."
Sonya Happiness
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"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Every man has dark impulses."
Porfiry Petrovich
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"The mind is willing but the flesh is weak."
Dunya Strength
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"A man is never truly free unless he can be evil."
Raskolnikov Freedom
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"I have come to believe that the whole world is an abomination."
Raskolnikov Truth
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"The hardest thing in life is to know yourself."
Sonya Knowledge
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"The most ordinary and essential thing is that a man should love himself."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Crime is a kind of madness."
Porfiry Petrovich Justice
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"There is something noble in silence."
Sonya Peace