To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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