Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
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About Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. He is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in both Russian and world literature, and many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces. Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social and spiritual atmospheres of 19th century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Fyodor DostoevskyDeprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad.
Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing to be able to dare!
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.
To love someone means to see him as God intended him.
To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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.
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
To love someone means to see him as God intended him.
If there is no God, everything is permitted.
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Realists do not fear the results of their study.
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.