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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Call Clever Fools Himself Man Opinion
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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Cease Distinguish Himself Lie Listen Love Man Respect Truth Yourself
I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Existence Inspirational Live Sun
Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Calculation Count Deep Happiness Man Trouble
I love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Amaze Love Mankind Particular
You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Burn Come Back Healing
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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Compel Respect Self Respect Yourself
To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Break Up Love Suffering
Beauty will save the world.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Beauty One Liner Save World
I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Alone Loneliness Thought
People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Cruel Man Mankind Offensive People Speak Terrible
Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Human Mankind Nonsense Organism Possess Privilege Talk Truth
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Change Fear Human Nature People Step Words
It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Act Genius Intelligence
It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Brain Character Guide Heart Ideas Progress Quality
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Extraordinary Love Man Passionate Suffering

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