Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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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The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Beauty will save the world.
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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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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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