Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I’ll kiss you for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
English translation: Constance Garnett
Individuality
Talk nonsense, but talk your own nonsense, and I’ll kiss you for it.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
English translation: Constance Garnett
Crime and Punishment, Part III, Chapter I.
English translation by Constance Garnett. Historical translation reproduced in the linked source.
Razumihin defends thinking for oneself, including making mistakes.