Crime and Punishment

Book · 6 characters · 607 quotes · 1911

Quotes from Crime and Punishment

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"I have a right to kill if I have the power"
Raskolnikov Power
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"The mind can endure no more"
Raskolnikov Strength
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"How little a man needs for happiness!"
Raskolnikov Happiness
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"We are all responsible for everyone and everything"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"I could not bear to see her suffering"
Sonya
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"The truth is that I am certainly a scoundrel"
Raskolnikov Truth
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"Man can get used to anything, the beast!"
Raskolnikov Strength
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"I wanted to become a Napoleon, that is why I killed her"
Raskolnikov Power
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"The soul is healed by making others happy"
Sonya Kindness
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"I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man"
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"The greatest crimes are committed in the name of reason."
Raskolnikov Justice
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"In suffering we find our deepest humanity."
Sonya Perseverance
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"The pursuit of power corrupts even the purest intentions."
Raskolnikov Power
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"The invisible chains of society bind us more tightly than iron."
Raskolnikov Freedom
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"To understand all is to forgive all."
Sonya Wisdom
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"Madness and genius are separated by the thinnest of lines."
Porfiry Petrovich
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"Hope is the cruelest of all human illusions."
Raskolnikov Hope
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"The criminal always returns to the scene of his crime."
Porfiry Petrovich
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"Love is the only currency that never depreciates."
Sonya Love
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"Humanity progresses through the individual's sacrifice."
Raskolnikov Leadership
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"I cannot live with lies, yet truth destroys me."
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"One must learn to bear the unbearable."
Raskolnikov Courage
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"Forgiveness is the most powerful of all medicines."
Sonya Kindness
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"All men are drowning in an abyss of uncertainty."
Raskolnikov Philosophy
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"Peace comes from acceptance, not from understanding."
Sonya Peace
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"A secret sin is half-understood."
Porfiry Petrovich Truth
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"What does it matter if one lives more or less time on earth?"
Raskolnikov Life
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"We are all infected with the modern disease of rationality."
Raskolnikov Wisdom
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"Every criminal is like a child in these matters."
Porfiry Petrovich
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"The greatest gift is to love without measure."
Sonya Love