Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn’t calculate his happiness.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYIt takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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Beauty will save the world.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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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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Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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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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If there is no God, everything is permitted.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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