Fyodor Dostoyevsky: The Complete Novels

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

In general he seemed scarcely to know the value of money, not, of course, in a literal sense. When he was given pocket-money, which he never asked for, he was either terribly careless of it so that it was gone in a moment, or he kept it for weeks together, not knowing what to do with it.

but the greater the power, the more terrible its responsibility.