“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.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?”
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“When reason fails, the devil helps!”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
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“Don’t be afraid, Queen, the blood has long run down into the earth. And on the spot where it was spilled, grapevines are growing today.”
― The Master and Margarita
― The Master and Margarita
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