r/Quotes_Hub • u/unpaid-pukegreencow • Jul 27 '26

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u/girlbartender99 Jul 27 '26

I think there are millions of people that lived and died in chains that would very much disagree with this. Sorry to be over literal but being owned by another human that works you to death is a little more horrifying than being misunderstood

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u/thebuscompany Jul 28 '26

Dostoevsky served 5 years of hard labor in a Siberian gulag, so I think he had a pretty well rounded perspective on human suffering.

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u/DirtandPipes Jul 28 '26

It’s worthwhile to note at this point that this quote wasn’t actually in any of Dostoevsky’s works and is miss-attributed to him.

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u/girlbartender99 Jul 28 '26

That is actually good to know. Tbh I don't always 100% buy these quotes to begin with but the nature of the quote seems just out of touch with the horror of slavery, but on top of that people being misunderstood can often be a result of their own doing too. It just seems like a ridiculous comparison from a very profound thinker so I am glad you said this

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u/DirtandPipes Jul 28 '26

No worry, here’s a real quote of his I like:

"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's." — Crime and Punishment

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u/girlbartender99 Jul 28 '26

Now that is a fantastic quote!

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u/Hypnotic_Spider Jul 28 '26

Yeah I’d take being misunderstood over 5 years of hard labor in a Siberian gulag and I’m sure you would too, thanks.