It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
More Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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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 degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.
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What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
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The darker the night, the brighter the stars, The deeper the grief, the closer is God!
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
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