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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIt is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Beauty will save the world.
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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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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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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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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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