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People Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- All the Utopias will come to pass only when we grow wings and all people are converted into angels.
- Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people…
- Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.
- What terrible tragedies realism inflicts on people.
- In such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind…
- Human laziness makes people pigeonhole one another at first site so that they find nothing in common with one another.
- You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to…
- Times of crisis, of disruption or constructive change, are not only predictable, but desirable. They mean growth. Taking a new step, uttering a new word,…
- A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the…
- Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded.
- 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…
- People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel…
- Yet, I didn't understand that she was intentionally disguising her feelings with sarcasm; that was usually the last resort of people who are timid and…
- It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experiences when one is young. The sky was so bright, and there were so…
- In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
- There is nothing in the world more difficult than candor, and nothing easier than flattery. If there is a hundredth of a fraction of a…
- 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…
- Besides, nowadays, almost all capable people are terribly afraid of being ridiculous, and are miserable because of it.
- Know, then, that now, precisely now, these people are more certain than ever before that they are completely free, and at the same time they…
- Brother, I’m not depressed and haven’t lost spirit. Life everywhere is life, life is in ourselves and not in the external. There will be people…
- ... active love is a harsh and fearful thing compared with the love in dreams. Love in dreams thirsts for immediate action, quickly performed, and…
- Because everyone is guilty for everyone else. For all the 'wee ones,' because there are little children and big children. All people are 'wee ones.'…
- 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…
- Of course boredom may lead you to anything. It is boredom sets one sticking golden pins into people, but all that would not matter. What…
- 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.…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle