“ You’ll never improve a man by repelling him, especially a boy. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment (1867). copy citation
Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
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Source | Crime and Punishment |
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Date | 1867 |
Language | English |
Reference | |
Note | Translated by Constance Garnett |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2554/2554-h/2554-h.htm |
Context
““That’s too little; I’d give two for you.”
“And I wouldn’t give more than one for you. No more of your jokes! Zametov is no more than a boy. I can pull his hair and one must draw him not repel him. You’ll never improve a man by repelling him, especially a boy. One has to be twice as careful with a boy. Oh, you progressive dullards! You don’t understand. You harm yourselves running another man down.... But if you want to know, we really have something in common.””
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