"The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment..." - Fyodor Dostoevsky

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“The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment as well as his path to peace.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoevsky sees conscientious suffering as both punishment and the pathway to peace.

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