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Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare! ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#able #dare #given #lower #matters

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#beneath #emotion #even #everything #far

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#fact #first #habits #half #in fact

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#history #lincoln #religion

The soul is healed by being with children. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#children #healed #soul

To live without Hope is to Cease to live. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#cease #live #without

To love someone means to see him as God intended him. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#him #intended #love #means #see

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

#death #love #martyrs #men #prophets

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#cannot #new #old #said #something

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#does #his #joys #likes #man