Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain.
In the original Russian
Не принимает род людской пророков своих и избивает их, но любят люди мучеников своих и чтят тех, коих замучили.
The Brothers Karamazov · 1880
★ 7.8Provenance
Current citation
Dostoevsky, Feodor. The Brothers Karamazov, translated by David McDuff. Penguin Classics, 2003.
Original citation
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. "Братья Карамазовы [The Brothers Karamazov]." The Russian Messenger, Jan. 1879 - Nov. 1880. Serial.