A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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People 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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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