Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything.

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About Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky [Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский] (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.

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Native Name: Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
Alternative Names: Dostoievski • Fyodor Dostoievski • Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoievski • Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky • Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky • F.M. Dostoiewski • Fyodor Dostoevsky
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There is only one way to salvation, and that is to make yourself responsible for all men's sins. As soon as you make yourself responsible in all sincerity for everything and for everyone, you will see at once that this is really so, and that you are in fact to blame for everyone and for all things.
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