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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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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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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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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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It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool’s paradise.
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Beauty will save the world.
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