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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYYou can be sincere and still be stupid.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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Beauty will save the world.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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