A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMuch unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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 mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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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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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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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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 am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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