If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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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Beauty will save the world.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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