The Idiot Power Quotes

The fact is that probably Ippolit was not quite so black as Ganya painted him; and it was hardly likely that he had informed Nina Alexandrovna of certain events, of which we know, for the mere pleasure of giving her pain. We must never forget that human motives are generally far more complicated than we are apt to suppose, and that we can very rarely accurately describe the motives of another. It is much better for the narrator, as a rule, to content himself with the bare statement of events. (4.3.5)