A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments.


White Nights and Other Stories (ed. Prabhat Prakashan)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at...

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at...

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at...

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at...