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.
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.
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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People 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.
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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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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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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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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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Beauty will save the world.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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