If there is no God, everything is permitted.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYKilling myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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