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

Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

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

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...

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

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.

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...

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but...

If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in mankind, not only love but...

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If...

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark,...

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark,...

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,...

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

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...

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up....

Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up....

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...

The soul is healed by being with children.

The soul is healed by being with children.