# Quote — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime And Punishment

> Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.

- Author: [Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky.md)
- Book: [Crime And Punishment](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment/talking-nonsense-is-mans

## More from this book

> Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it — that is what you must do.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment/accept-suffering-and.md)

> If not reason, then the devil.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment/if-not-reason.md)

> The more cunning a man is, the less he suspects that he will be caught in a simple thing. The more cunning a man is, the simpler the trap he must be caught in.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/fyodor-dostoyevsky/crime-and-punishment/the-more-cunning.md)