Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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