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Other Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if…
- What tender and devoted mother wouldn't be dismayed and ill with terror at her son's or daughter's stepping even one hair's breath off the beaten…
- It is easier for a Russian to become an Atheist, than for any other nationality in the world. And not only does a Russian 'become…
- They wanted to speak, but could not; tears stood in their eyes. They were both pale and thin; but those sick pale faces were bright…
- They were renewed by love; the heart of each held infinite sources of life for the heart of the other.
- Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms. It's by talking nonsense that one gets to the truth! I talk nonsense,…
- One man doesn't believe in god at all, while the other believes in him so thoroughly that he prays as he murders men!
- There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and yet to have…
- And why are you so firmly, so triumphantly, convinced that only the normal and the positive--in other words, only what is conducive to welfare--is for…
- We don't understand that life is heaven, for we have only to understand that and it will at once be fulfilled in all its beauty,…
- Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?...No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do…
- Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins.…
- It is man's unique privilege, among all other organisms. By pursuing falsehood you will arrive at the truth!
- For all is like an ocean, all flows and connects; touch it in one place and it echoes at the other end of the world.
- You sensed that you should be following a different path, a more ambitious one, you felt that you were destined for other things but you…
- Generally speaking, our prisoners were capable of loving animals, and if they had been allowed they would have delighted to rear large numbers of domestic…
- It is precisely that requirement of shared worship that has been the principal source of suffering for individual man and the human race since the…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
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- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour