All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
LEO TOLSTOYTo tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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