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Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffe

Sometimes a man is intensely, even passionately, attached to suffering — that is a fact. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

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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

Category:
Death
Author
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

Category:
Happiness
Author
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. – Proverb

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Adversity

I smile when I look back at the troubles that have strengthened me. What seems to be insurmountable struggles then are now beautiful ornaments illuminating my soul. – Dodinsky, www.dodinsky.com

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Adversity

Anything, anything would be better than this agony of mind, this creeping pain that gnaws and fumbles and caresses one and never hurts quite enough. – Jean-Paul Sartre

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Adversity

Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles. – Maltbie D. Babcock

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Adversity

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In wildness is the preservation of the world. – Henry David Thoreau

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Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise… specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. – Allan Bloom

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I dont believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy. – Ai Weiwei

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When the Lord Chancellor violates the trust of his great office of state to solicit party donations from people whose careers he can control, and then says Im not sorry, and Id do it again no wonder the public think that power has gone to their heads. – William Hague

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power