Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIt is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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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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Beauty will save the world.
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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 in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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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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The soul is healed by being with children.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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