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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil...

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about devil, beauty, heart, god, man

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their...

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about existence, reason, man, work

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the...

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about happiness, lie

If there is no God, everything is permitted.

If there is no God, everything is permitted.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about god

Innovators and men of genius have almost always been...

Innovators and men of genius have almost always been regarded as fools at the beginning (and very often at the end) of their careers.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about career, genius, beginning, end, man

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I...

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my devourer?

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's...

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about habits, nothing, man, life

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about happiness, man

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not...

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about man

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of...

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about unhappiness, things, world

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a...

One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about man, good, good luck

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about fear

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled...

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about privacy, soul, people

The formula “Two and two make five” is not without its...

The formula “Two and two make five” is not without its attractions.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about unhappiness, happiness

The soul is healed by being with children.

The soul is healed by being with children.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about children, soul, being

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to...

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about things, numbers, man, mind

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be...

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about old, olderness

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about hope

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.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about interest, word, perfection, people

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