The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYAbove all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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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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Beauty will save the world.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.
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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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