I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYPain 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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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