A Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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Am Due Fear Feeling Genuine Hardened Hardened Heart Heart Most Proximity Punishment Real Remorse Repentance Sometimes

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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian - Novelist
November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881

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