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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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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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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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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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