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.
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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You can be sincere and still be stupid.
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A beast can never be as cruel as a human being, so artistically, so picturesquely cruel.
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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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Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
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I did not bow down to you, I bowed down to all the suffering of humanity.
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To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.
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Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel.
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To love someone means to see them as God intended them.
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A hundred suspicions don’t make a proof.
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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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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
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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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Right or wrong, it’s very pleasant to break something from time to time.
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I am alone, I thought, and they are everybody.
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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.
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