If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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 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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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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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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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