Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYLove in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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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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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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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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