I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYA beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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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 live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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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.
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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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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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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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