“When I look back at the past and think of all the time I squandered in error and idleness,... then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift... every minute could have been an eternity of happiness! If only youth knew! Now my life will change; now I will be reborn.” IfsThinkingLooksHeartHas BeensPastLife IsMinutesYouthMy HeartEternityErrorsIdlenessCould Have BeenRebornLife Is A Gift Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“You know, my boy, he said, it's impossible to love men such as they are. And yet we must. So try to do good to men by doing violence to your feelings, holding your nose, and shutting your eyes, especially shutting your eyes. Endure their villainy without anger, as much as possible; try to remember that you're a man too. For, if you're even a little above average intelligence, you'll have the propensity to judge people severely. Men are vile by nature and they'd rather love out of fear. Don't give in to such love: despise it always.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenLoveGivingTryingLittlesSaidFeelingsEyeAgeRememberBoysViolenceImpossibleJudgingEndureAverageNosesDespisePropensityMy BoysVillainyAbove Average Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“I've made a terrible confession to you, he concluded gloomily. Do appreciate it, gentlemen. And it's not enough, not enough to appreciate it, you must not just appreciate it, it should also be precious to you, and if not, if this, too, goes past your souls, then it means you really do not respect me, gentlemen. I tell you that, and I will die of shame at having confessed to such men as you.” IfsMenShouldMeanMadeSoulEnoughPastDiesTerribleAppreciateShameYour SoulGentlemanConfessionRespect Me Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“Money is coined liberty, and so it is ten times dearer to a man who is deprived of freedom. If money is jingling in his pocket, he is half consoled, even though he cannot spend it.” IfsMenMoneyHalfLibertyTenPocketsDeprived Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
“If you happen to have a wart on your nose or forehead, you cannot help imagining that no one in the world has anything else to do but stare at your wart, laugh at it, and condemn you for it, even though you have discovered America.” IfsWorldHelpingHappensAmericaLaughingNosesStaringForeheadsWarts Author:Fyodor Dostoevsky
