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.
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 say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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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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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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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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