The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYBesides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYWe 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYYou can be sincere and still be stupid.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYA beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYWhen reason fails, the devil helps!
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIf 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIf there is no God, everything is permitted.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo love someone means to see them as God intended them.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMan 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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMan grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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