Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYPeople speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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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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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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 mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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