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Fyodor Dostoevsky Quote - The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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Cease Distinguish Himself Lie Listen Love Man Respect Truth Yourself
Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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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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Human Mankind Nonsense Organism Possess Privilege Talk Truth
Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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Extraordinary Love Man Passionate Suffering
Beauty will save the world.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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Children Healing Soul
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Change Fear Human Nature People Step Words
To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY

Civilization Degree Enter Judgment Prison Society
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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Difficult Doer Easy Evil Understand
You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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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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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Cease Hope Life Live One Liner
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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Call Clever Fools Himself Man Opinion
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 darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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Fools Happiness Paradise Unhappy Worse
But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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