# Crime and Punishment  ## About - Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Title: Crime and Punishment - Share: https://notes.peterfmcnair.com/crime-and-punishment-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky ## Excerpts #favorite “You know perfectly well that the best policy for the criminal is to tell the truth as nearly as possible . . . to conceal as little as possible." --- tête-à-tête --- But almost at the same instant a serious and careworn look came into his face; to his surprise Raskolnikov saw a touch of sadness in it. He had never seen and never suspected such an expression in his face. --- thirsting for light, and finally resorted to the most powerful weapon in the subjection of the female heart, a weapon which never fails one. It’s the well-known resource—flattery. Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery. If there’s the hundredth part of a false note in speaking the truth, it leads to a discord, and that leads to trouble. But if all, to the last note, is false in flattery, it is just as agreeable, and is heard not without satisfaction. --- The fear of appearances is the first symptom of impotence. ---