It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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