The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYPeople 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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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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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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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