Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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.
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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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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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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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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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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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Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It’s by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense, therefore I’m human.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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