Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes, Wise Quotes, Stupid Quotes

Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man is stupid, then who is wise?) But if he is not stupid, he is monstrously ungrateful! Phenomenally ungrateful. In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.

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In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

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Right or wrong, it's very pleasant to break something from time to time.

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She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.

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My friend, the truth is always implausible, did you know that? To make the truth more plausible, it's absolutely necessary to mix a bit of falsehood with it. People have always done so.

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Schoolboys are a merciless race, individually they are angels, but together, especially in schools, they are often merciless.

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All people seem to be divided into'ordinary'and 'extraordinary'. The ordinary people must lead a life of strict obedience and have no right to transgress the law because?theyare ordinary.Whereas the extraordinary people have the right to commit any crime they like and transgress the law in any way just because they happen to be extraordinary.

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I've always considered myself smarter than everyone around me, and sometimes, believe me, I've been ashamed of it. At the least, all my life I've looked away and never could look people straight in the eye.

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Oh I've plenty of time, my time is entirely my own.

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Perhaps a normal man is supposed to be stupid-how do we know? Perhaps it's even very beautiful.

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What do you think, would not one tiny crime be wiped out by thousands of good deeds?

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Man is unhappy because he doesn't know he's happy. If anyone finds out he'll become happy at once.

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I cannot truly imagine a truly great person who hasn't suffered.

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Life is what matters, life alone - the continuous, eternal process of discovering life - and not the discovery itself.

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It's in the homes of spiteful old widows that one finds such cleanliness.

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Psychology lures even most serious people into romancing, and quite unconsciously.

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Wealth is the number of things one can do without.

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Actions are sometimes performed in a masterly and most cunning way, while the direction of the actions is deranged and dependent on various morbid impressions - it's like a dream.

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Paradise is hidden in each one of use, it is concealed within me too, right now, and if I wish, it will come for me in reality, tomorrow even, and for the rest of my life.

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