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Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes:

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.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky

source: Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky”, p.13, Modern Library

topic: Real, Heart, Punishment, Hardened Heart

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