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.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYTo live without Hope is to Cease to live.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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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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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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 love mankind, he said, “but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.
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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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