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Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love thei

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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