Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYNothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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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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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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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.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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