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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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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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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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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