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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI 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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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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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