The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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