From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth.”
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Quote of the day 01/21/24
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
Quote of the day 12/14/23
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.”
Quote of the day 12/13/23
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “The formula ‘Two and two make five’ is not without its attractions.”
Quote of the day 12/12/23
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.”
Quote of the day 12/11/23
From Fyodor Dostoevsky: “To live without Hope is to Cease to live.”
Quote of the day 12/10/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six.”
Quote of the day 12/09/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can’t eat it.”
Quote of the day 12/08/23
From Leo Tolstoy: “Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity.”
Quote of the day 12/07/23
From Leo Tolstoy: ‘Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself.”
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