The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYBesides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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