"It is not the real punishment. The only……" — Fyodor Dostoevsky
"It is not the real punishment. The only effectual one, the only deterrent and softening one, lies in the recognition of sin by conscience."
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585 Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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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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Only through suffering can we find ourselves.
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
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If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he…
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
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So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their…
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Modesty is the conscience of the body.
— Honore de Balzac
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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.
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Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it…
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Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to…
— Ingmar Bergman
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become…
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In my view, the only thing worse than a rock star is a rock star with a conscience.
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