an intelligent man cannot become anything seriously, and it is only the fool who becomes anything.

Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from the Underground
Also known as: Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский
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About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevsky [Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский] (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and journalist. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as multiple of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.

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