To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTalking 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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Beauty will save the world.
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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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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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