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.
From Fyodor Dostoevsky
The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
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.
Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.
Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.
If there is no God, everything is permitted.
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.
To live without Hope is to Cease to live.
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.
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