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> There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
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> The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
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> Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
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> The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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> It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool`s paradise.
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> The secret of man`s being is not only to live, but to have something to live for.
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> If there is no God, everything is permitted.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (born November 11 [October 30, Old Style], 1821, Moscow, Russia—died February 9 [January 28, Old Style], 1881, St. Petersburg), Russian novelist and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart, together with his unsurpassed moments of illumination, had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction.
Dostoyevsky is usually regarded as one of the finest novelists who ever lived. Literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism have been profoundly shaped by his ideas. His works are often called prophetic because he so accurately predicted how Russia’s revolutionaries would behave if they came to power. In his time he was also renowned for his activity as a journalist. More bio and photo source here
