A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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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.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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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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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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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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