The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky quotes
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
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To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
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Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.
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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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Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
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Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
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Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.