Only look about you: blood is being spilt in streams, and in the merriest way, as though it were champagne. Take the whole of the nineteenth century in which Buckle lived. Take Napoleon—the Great and...
One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense.Or else a fool.
One can't understand everything at once, we can't begin with perfection all at once! In order to reach perfection one must begin by being ignorant of a great deal. And if we understand things too quic...
Oh, you may be sure that Columbus was happy not when he had discovered America, but when he was discovering it. Take my word for it, the highest moment if his happiness was just three days before the...
Oh literature is a wonderful thing, Varenka, a very wonderful thing: I discovered that from being with those people the day before yesterday. It is a profound thing. It strengthens people’s hearts and...
Now, I did know a certain young lady of the 'romantic' generation of not so long ago who, after being mysteriously in love for several years with a certain gentleman whom she could have married at any...
Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.
Not that I will ever believe there is nothing in common between any two people, as some declare is the case. I am sure people make a great mistake in sorting each other into groups, by appearances;
No, I couldn't do it, I couldn't do it! Granted, granted that there is no flaw in all that reasoning, that all that I have concluded this last month is clear as day, true as arithmetic… . My God! Anyw...
No doubt it is devastating. One cannot prove anything here, but it is possible to be convinced. How? By what? By the experience of active love. Try to love your neighbors actively and tirelessly. The...
Never trust a woman's tears, Alyosha. I am never for the woman in such cases. I am always on the side of the men.
Nenorocirea altuia nu sădeşte în mintea nimănui înţelepciunea.
Nadie llega a una verdad sin haberse equivocado catorce veces, o ciento catorce, y esto es, acaso, un honor para el género humano.
Mutsuzluk bulaşıcı bir hastalıktır. Zavallı ve mutsuz insanlar daha kötü olmamak için birbirlerinden uzak durmalıdırlar.
Much on earth is concealed from us, but in place of it we have been granted a secret, mysterious sense of our living bond with the other world, with the higher heavenly world, and the roots of our tho...
Meanwhile, genuine equality says: What do I care if you are more talented than I, more clever, more handsome? I'm glad for it, rather, because I love you. But though I may be less important to you, I...
Listen, nothing's better than being useful. Tell me how, at the present moment, I can be most of of use. I know it's not for you to decide that, but I'm only asking for your opinion. You tell me, and...
La ce bun să mai numărăm zilele, cînd e de ajuns una singură pentru ca omul să cunoască pe deplin fericirea!
Kurnaz insanlar böylesi basit şeylerden tuzağa düşerler. İnsan ne kadar kurnazsa, basit şeylerden tuzağa düşürüleceğinden o kadar az kuşku duyar.
It’s your rich life, Alyosha said softly. Why, is it better to be poor? Yes, it is.