“Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“This pleasure came precisely from being too clearly aware of your own degradation; from the feeling of having gone to the uttermost limits; that it is was vile, bit it could not have been otherwise; that you could not escape, you could never make yourself into a different person”
― Notes from Underground & The Double
― Notes from Underground & The Double
“Maximilien,' the count said, 'the friends whom we have lost do not rest in the earth, they are buried in our hearts, and that is how God wanted it, so that we should always be in their company. I have two friends who are always with me, in that way: one is the man who gave me life, the other is the one who gave me understanding. The spirit of both lives in me. I consult them when I am in doubt and, if I have done any good, I owe it to their advice. Look into your heart, Morrel, and ask it if you should continue to show me that sorry face.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“From the child of five to myself is but a step. But from the new-born baby to the child of five is an appalling distance.”
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“Chance created the situation; genius made use of it.”
― War and Peace
― War and Peace
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