The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYMuch unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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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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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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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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When reason fails, the devil helps!
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Beauty will save the world.
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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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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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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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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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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