Quotes by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.
The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.