The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYA beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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Man 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.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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