Quentin Crisp vs. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Quentin Crisp
1908 – 1999
Quentin Crisp was a British writer, actor, and outspoken gay rights activist best known for his autobiographical memoir The Naked Civil Servant, which portrayed London's LGBTQ community in early 20th Century.
"The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
1871 – 1922
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and philosopher, best known for Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov. His works probe psychology, morality, and existential questions in 19th-century Russian society.
"Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or ar…"
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