Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo love someone means to see them as God intended them.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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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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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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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 in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don’t say that you’ve wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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