"Foreign visitors . . . how impressed you all are with foreign visitors! But they come in many different varieties."

"‘He's clever,' thought Ivan,' I must admit there are some smart people even among the intelligentsia'"

"Quotations are sourced from published English translations of the original work. The translations are abbreviated as:"

"Да, человек смертен, но это было бы ещё полбеды. Плохо то, что он иногда внезапно смертен, вот в чём фокус!"

"'Kant ought to be arrested and given three years in Solovki asylum for that "proof" of his!' Ivan Nikolayich burst ou…"

"In fact, I'm beginning to fear that this confusion will go on for a long time. And all because he writes down what I …"

"'Oh, no, you don't look like a halfwit,' the procurator replied quietly and smiled some strange smile."

"'I do not know these good men,' replied the prisoner."

"It's all over, so let's not burden the telegraph system."

"Ryukhin showed himself no mercy-'I don't believe in anything I've ever written!'"