More quotes by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."
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"But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt."
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"For if there's no everlasting God, there's no such thing as virtue, and there's no need of it."
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"I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular."
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"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."
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