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Quotation from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him”
The Brothers Karamazov, Book II, Chapter 2, trans. Constance Garnett (1912)
Zosima identifies self-deception as a spiritual and psychological danger.
Citation: "Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him" — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Book II, Chapter 2, trans. Constance Garnett (1912). (id the-brothers-karamazov-q1)
Portrait: Dostoevsky-Brothers Karamazov, Russkii Vestnik, Public domain.
