We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.

Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Topics: Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

Realists do not fear the results of their study.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my...

It is not possible to eat me without insisting that I sing praises of my...

The soul is healed by being with children.

The soul is healed by being with children.

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

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

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,...

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...