"Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps…" — Fyodor Dostoevsky

"Drowning men, it is said, cling to wisps of straw."

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

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585 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The death of a child is the greatest reason to doubt the existence of God.
If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.
Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto…
The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in…
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who…
There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.
Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass…
Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work…
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all…
There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory,…

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More Cling Quotes

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is… — James A. Baldwin
Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth. — Dirk Benedict
Don't cling to fame. You're just borrowing it. It's like money. You're going to die, and somebody else is going… — Sonny Bono
We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of… — Johannes Brahms
It was either Voltaire or Charlie Sheen who said, 'We are born alone. We live alone. We die alone. And… — Gabriel Byrne
One nice thing about being a woman in Hollywood is that the women tend to be very close-knit. All of… — Diablo Cody
Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always… — Seneca the Younger
Man is only a moral being because he lives in society, since morality consists in solidarity with the group, and… — Emile Durkheim
Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling — Augustus Toplady
Be calm and strong and patient. Meet failure and disappointment with courage. Rise superior to the trials of life, and… — William Osler
We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence;… — Zhuangzi
In five minutes the earth would be a desert, and you cling to books. — Elias Canetti

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