“ If only a man is a gentleman, all the rest can be gained by talents, learning, good sense, genius. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (1867). copy citation
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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Source | Crime and Punishment |
Topic | genius learning |
Date | 1867 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2554/2554-h/2554-h.htm |
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“Mercy on us! What literary or scientific man does not begin by some originality of conduct! My wife and I have the greatest respect for literature, in my wife it’s a genuine passion! Literature and art! If only a man is a gentleman, all the rest can be gained by talents, learning, good sense, genius. As for a hat—well, what does a hat matter? I can buy a hat as easily as I can a bun; but what’s under the hat, what the hat covers, I can’t buy that! I was even meaning to come and apologise to you, but thought maybe you’d...”
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