The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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Beauty will save the world.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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