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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

“We are all happy if we but knew it.”

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A renowned Russian novelist and a pioneer of psychological novels. His works deeply reveal the complexity of human nature and the injustice of society, having a profound impact on literature worldwide. more

“The greatest secret of monarchic rule...is to keep men deceived and to cloak in the specious name of religion the fear by which they must be checked, so that they will fight for slavery as they would for salvation, and will think it not shameful, but a most honorable achievement, to give their life and blood that one man may have a ground for boasting.”

Thinking Men Giving May Fighting Names Secret Blood Achievement Slavery Salvation One Man Honorable Boast Deceived Shameful Cloaks

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“[T]he astonishing purity of pain, how it will not be mixed with any other sensation.”

Pain Purity Sensations Astonishing

Book:First Light

Source: First Light

“Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.”

Should War Evil Nations Secret Known Enemy Citizens Authority Treats Affair Plot Tyrants Concealed

Author:Baruch Spinoza

“Of all our faults, the one that we excuse most easily is idleness.”

Faults Excuse Idleness

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization.”

Whole Taken Birth Civilization Technique Submit Efficiency Procreation

Author:Jacques Ellul

“Why did women always believe that talking about a problem would fix it? Some issues were corpses. Hot air made them fester and rot and spread their disease to everything else. Better to bury it and move on.”

Believe Made Problem Moving Talking Issues Air Disease Hot Spread Always Believe Corpses Hot Air

Author:Brent Weeks

“Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by no apparent rules.... We don't fear dreams, but we do fear madness, and death terrifies us.”

Dream Happens Loses Consciousness Shadow Logic Madness Things Happen Abiding

Book:Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel

Source: Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel

“My question is, do you believe in an evil possessed of its own purity? or does every act intend some good?”

Believe Doe Evil Purity Possessed

Book:Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel

Source: Shadow's Edge: Book 2 of the Night Angel

“Love is a fragile, corruptible thing. And yet I have seen it evince a curious strength. It is beyond any comprehension Love is a weakness that once in a great while triumphs over strength.”

Love Is Weakness Curious Triumph Fragile Comprehension

Author:Brent Weeks

“What men do matters more than what they know.”

Knows Men Matter

Book:The Sword of the Spirits

Source: The Sword of the Spirits

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