Quotogeny

Topic

Quotes about prison

  1. Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to the man who is deprived of freedom.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe House of the DeadPart 1, chapter 1 ("The House of the Dead")

  2. If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to inflict on him the most terrible punishment, one need only give him work of an absolutely, completely useless and meaningless character.

    GenuineFyodor DostoevskyThe House of the DeadPart 1, chapter 2 ("First Impressions")

Circulating, but not genuine

  1. The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

    Not found in their worksattributed to Fyodor Dostoevsky