If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Dearer to me than a host of base truths is the illusion that exalts.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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The second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I love a friendly chat and a friendly glass of wine during the evening – the time they call, for some accountable reason, ‘between dog and wolf’.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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Ecstasy is a glass full of tea and a piece of sugar in the mouth.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin
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People are so like their first mother Eve: what they are given doesn’t take their fancy.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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Nothing in this world is harder than speaking the truth, nothing easier than flattery.
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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I was not born to amuse the Tsars.
~ Aleksandr Pushkin

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