We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
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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I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.
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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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But how could you live and have no story to tell?
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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared with love in dreams.
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It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them – the character, the heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.
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This is my last message to you: in sorrow, seek happiness.
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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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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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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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You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.
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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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