To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIt takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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 greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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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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The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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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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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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