The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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