The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYRight or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.
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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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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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I think the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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