The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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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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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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