It does appear to be a misattribution, but the original OP probably just copied it from fb or one of the many other places this quote has been posted and attributed to Dostoyevsky. If it makes us look stupid, we have a whole bunch of company bc this one has been making the rounds on the internet for a while. (type the first five or so words into DDG and you'll see what I mean)
It doesn't lose any of its value bc it was said by someone else. It's not as if this board's members are Russian literature scholars or slavishly devoted to Dostoyevsky. In this case, the point is the quote, not who said it.
Nope. The point is credibility. Once it is shown the quotation is fictitious, it is devalued. It may be "true," but you have been debunked as being dishonest.
It does appear to be a misattribution, but the original OP probably just copied it from fb or one of the many other places this quote has been posted and attributed to Dostoyevsky. If it makes us look stupid, we have a whole bunch of company bc this one has been making the rounds on the internet for a while. (type the first five or so words into DDG and you'll see what I mean)
It doesn't lose any of its value bc it was said by someone else. It's not as if this board's members are Russian literature scholars or slavishly devoted to Dostoyevsky. In this case, the point is the quote, not who said it.
Nope. The point is credibility. Once it is shown the quotation is fictitious, it is devalued. It may be "true," but you have been debunked as being dishonest.