The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYI 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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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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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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.
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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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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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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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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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