The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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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People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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I can see the sun, but even if I cannot see the sun, I know that it exists. And to know that the sun is there – that is living.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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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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