Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYNothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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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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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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