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Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist.
* He is considered one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature.
* His works explore themes of existentialism, morality, and religion.
* Some of his most famous works include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
* He was born in Moscow in 1821 and died in St. Petersburg in 1881.
* He suffered from epilepsy and other health problems throughout his life.
* He was exiled to Siberia for his involvement in a political conspiracy.
* He was a complex and troubled man, but he produced some of the most enduring works of literature in the world.

My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?

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Happiness

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You see I kept asking myself then: why am I so stupid that if others are stupid—and I know they are—yet I won't be wiser?

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Life

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Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.

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Happiness

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Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.

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Life

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But how could you live and have no story to tell?

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But I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.