The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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Beauty will save the world.
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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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