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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYWhat is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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