It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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.
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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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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.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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I 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.
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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 greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
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