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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMan is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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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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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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