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.
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 cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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