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Dostoevsky, 1880

 
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Dostoevsky, 1880
“Above all, do not lie to yourself. A man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point where he does not discern any truth either in himself or anywhere around him, and thus falls into disrespect towards himself and others. Not respecting anyone, he ceases to love, and having no love, he gives himself up to passions and coarse pleasures in order to occupy and amuse himself, and in his vices reaches complete beastiality, and it all comes from lying continually to others and himself. A man who lies to himself is often the first to take offense. it sometimes feels very good to take offense, doesn't it? And surely he knows that no one has offended him, and that he himself has invented the offense and told lies just for the beauty of it, that he has exaggerated for the sake of effect, that he has picked up on a word and made a mountain out of a pea--he knows all of that, and still he is the first to take offense, he likes feeling offended, it gives him great pleasure, and thus he reaches the point of real hostility...”

-- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

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Re: Dostoevsky, 1880
Same today as 140 years ago

Amazing how the same patterns pop up again and again
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That was brilliant OP. It reminds me of my Sunday sermon today by the priest who spoke of hypocrisy as the topic.
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Re: Dostoevsky, 1880
Thread: Wise Russian Sayings

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.

~Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
 Quoting: Seer777


“People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.”
~Fyodor Dostoyevsky

https://imgur.com/spdJmee

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^I posted this earlier in the week.

Cheers.
Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body...
~Seneca
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