I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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 live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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