It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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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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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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