If there is no God, everything is permitted.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYWe 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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Beauty will save the world.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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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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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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