Ocupation: Novelist
Life: November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881
Birthday: November 11
Death: February 9
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most hardened heart; I am told this is due to fear.
source: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.13, Modern Library
topic: Real, Heart, Punishment, Hardened Heart