To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYWhen reason fails, the devil helps!
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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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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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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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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