"I am told that the proximity of punishment……" — Fyodor Dostoevsky
"I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse in the most hardened heart; I am told this is due to fear."
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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.
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If God does not exist, then everything is permissible.
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Even those who have renounced Christianity and attack it, in their inmost being still follow the Christian ideal, for hitherto…
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The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in…
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Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who…
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There is no idea, no fact, which could not be vulgarized and presented in a ludicrous light.
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Love animals: God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass…
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Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
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If it were considered desirable to destroy a human being, the only thing necessary would be to give his work…
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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If one wanted to crush and destroy a man entirely, to mete out to him the most terrible punishment, all…
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There is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and useful for life in later years than some good memory,…
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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses...
— Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.
— Baltasar Gracian
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The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
— Teresa of Avila
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Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.
— Baltasar Gracian
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A kindly gesture bestowed by us on an animal arouses prodigies of understanding and gratitude.
— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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Are we not all shipwrecked,...condemned to death?... However impatient our neighbours make us, however much indignation our race arouses, we…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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As the attuning of music arouses emotions in the body to an unusual degree, well that there be choices made…
— Edgar Cayce
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I cannot consider fighting in competitive Manly Fun any more than I can consider pitting my running, swimming or climbing…
— Hal Porter
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Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
— Fawn M. Brodie
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...Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population...
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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But there is more to a fine photograph than information. We are also seeking to present an image that arouses…
— Sam Abell
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To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass…
— Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
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