Famous quotes

Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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I like it when they make mistakes. In this lies the superiority of man over other organisms. This is how one arrives at the truth. I am a man, and I am precisely that because I make mistakes.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a great intelligence and a deep heart. Truly great people, I believe, have a great sadness on earth.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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What people fear most is taking a new step, uttering a new word...

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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And besides, what am I going to dream of when, not in dreams, but awake, I have been so happy by your side!

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Your worst sin is that you have destroyed yourself and betrayed yourself for nothing.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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We were making our plans, but we forgot that destiny also has plans.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Only live once, and I don't want to wait for that universal happiness. Above all, I want to live. If I didn't feel this desire, it would be better not to have a life.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Sometimes it happens to us that people we don't know inspire a sudden interest in us when we see them for the first time, even before exchanging a word with them.

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

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If I were offered to film my life in a movie, I would reject it.

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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When you learn to read, you will be free forever.

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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No one can put a chain around the ankle of his neighbor without having the other end around his own neck.