“They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about. ”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“Compassion was the most important, perhaps the sole law of human existence.”
― The Idiot
― The Idiot
“Existentialism isn't so atheistic that it wears itself out showing that God doesn't exist. Rather, it declares that even if God did exist, that would change nothing.”
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“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
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