Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

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

• Fear
• Punishment
• Genuine
• Criminal

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