Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
English translation: Constance Garnett
Human Nature
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
English translation: Constance Garnett
Crime and Punishment, Part III, Chapter V.
English translation by Constance Garnett. Historical translation reproduced in the linked source.
Raskolnikov speaks during his discussion with Porfiry.