We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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Besides, 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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We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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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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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
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