A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely 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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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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 man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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