Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you want to be happy, be.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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