 “ 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. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ ..., twice two is four is not life, gentlemen, but the beginning of death. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ . . . finally, I couldn't imagine how I could live without books, and I stopped dreaming about marrying that Chinese prince. . . . ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ ... active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared with the love in dreams. Love in dreams thirsts for immediate action, quickly performed, and with everyone watching. Indeed, it will go as far as the giving even of one's life, provided it does not take long but is soon over, as on stage, and eveyone is looking on and praising. Whereas active love is labor and persistence, and for some people, perhaps, a whole science. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple-hearted than we supposed. And we ourselves are, too. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ ...it all, maybe, most likely, indeed, might turn out for the best. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And if there's love, you can do without happiness too. Even with sorrow, life is sweet. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And yet I am convinced that man will never give up true suffering- that is, destruction and chaos. Why, suffering is the sole root of consciousness. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ ....a person's true security consists not in his own persinal, solitary effort, but in the common integrity of mankind. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And what does it mean - ridiculous? wWhat does it matter how many times a man is or seems to be ridiculous? Besides, nowadays almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ Be not forgetful of prayer. Every time you pray, if your prayer is sincere, there will be new feeling and new meaning in it, which will give you fresh courage, and you will understand that prayer is an education. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And so, since then, I've been preaching. Moreover...I love those who laugh at me even more than the rest. Why, I don't know...but so be it. They say that even now I don't make much sense... ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ At home, I mainly used to read. I wished to stifle with external sensations all that was ceaselessly boiling up inside me. And among external sensations the only one possible for me was reading. Reading was, of course, a great help. It stirred, delighted, and tormented me. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking into these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him! ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ ...despair can hold the most intense sorts of pleasure when one is strongly conscious of the hopelessness of one's position... ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“ And before you know it, the object disappears, arguments evaporate; no culprit is discovered, the offense ceases to be an offense and becomes a matter of fate, like the toothache which cannot be blamed on anyone, and the only thing that's left is, once again, to bang the wall as hard as you can. ” ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
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