It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKYThe cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome yourself.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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Man is sometimes extraordinarily, passionately, in love with suffering.
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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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To love is to suffer and there can be no love otherwise.
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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The soul is healed by being with children.
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Beauty will save the world.
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