“ Good deeds never go unrewarded, nor does virtue ever fail to win the crown of divine justice, be it early or be it late. ”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Poor Folk (1846). copy citation
| Author | Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
|---|---|
| Source | Poor Folk |
| Topic | justice virtue |
| Date | 1846 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by C. J. Hogarth |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2302/2302-h/2302-h.htm |
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“Also, I would have written an account of the ceremony, but that there will be no one to report to me the details....
Yes, you have been a very good friend to Thedora, dearest. You have acted kindly, very kindly, towards her. For every such deed God will bless you. Good deeds never go unrewarded, nor does virtue ever fail to win the crown of divine justice, be it early or be it late. Much else should I have liked to write to you. Every hour, every minute I could occupy in writing. Indeed I could write to you forever! Only your book, “The Stories of Bielkin”, is left to me. Do not deprive me of it, I pray you, but suffer me to keep it.”
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