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The Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
A practical, “educated and humane man” with “the most modern ideas.” He is vain but not overly concerned with career advancement, due to being wealthy and having connections. What is most important to him is to be progressive. He is passionate about the Karamazov case, in regard to its social significance, but he takes little interest in “the personal character of the case” or in the fate of the defendant, toward whom he is indifferent. The narrator views the judge’s ability to regard the participants of a case in an abstract manner as the ideal attitude for a judge.
The Presiding Judge Quotes in The Brothers Karamazov
The The Brothers Karamazov quotes below are all either spoken by The Presiding Judge or refer to The Presiding Judge . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 5
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“‘The thing is that I am precisely in my right mind...my vile mind, the same as you, and all these m-mugs!’ he suddenly turned to the public. ‘A murdered father, and they pretend to be frightened,’ he growled with fierce contempt. ‘They pull faces to each other. Liars! Everyone wants his father dead. Viper devours viper…If there were no parricide, they’d all get angry and go home in a foul temper…Circuses! ‘Bread and circuses!’ […] Calm yourselves, I’m not mad, I’m simply a murderer! […] I have no witnesses. That dog Smerdyakov won’t send you evidence from the other world…in an envelope. You keep asking for envelopes, as if one wasn’t enough. I have no witnesses…except one, perhaps [….] He’s got a tail, Your Honor, you’d find him inadmissible! Le diable n’existe point!”
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The Presiding Judge Quotes in The Brothers Karamazov
The The Brothers Karamazov quotes below are all either spoken by The Presiding Judge or refer to The Presiding Judge . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 4: Book 12, Chapter 5
Quotes
“‘The thing is that I am precisely in my right mind...my vile mind, the same as you, and all these m-mugs!’ he suddenly turned to the public. ‘A murdered father, and they pretend to be frightened,’ he growled with fierce contempt. ‘They pull faces to each other. Liars! Everyone wants his father dead. Viper devours viper…If there were no parricide, they’d all get angry and go home in a foul temper…Circuses! ‘Bread and circuses!’ […] Calm yourselves, I’m not mad, I’m simply a murderer! […] I have no witnesses. That dog Smerdyakov won’t send you evidence from the other world…in an envelope. You keep asking for envelopes, as if one wasn’t enough. I have no witnesses…except one, perhaps [….] He’s got a tail, Your Honor, you’d find him inadmissible! Le diable n’existe point!”
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