I love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
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.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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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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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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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 say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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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 cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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