I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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