If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but every living force on which the continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry up at once.

Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every...

There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every...

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul...

Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul...

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...

There are moments, you reach moments, when all of a sudden time stops and becomes...

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than...

Man, so long as he remains free, has no more constant and agonizing anxiety than...

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Is the nature of men such, that they can reject miracle, and at the great...

Is the nature of men such, that they can reject miracle, and at the great...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them, character, the...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them, character, the...

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight,...

We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight,...

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of...

The more you succeed in loving, the more you'll be convinced at the existence of...

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the...

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the...

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and...

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and...

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool...

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool...

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money...

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money...