Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
LEO TOLSTOYMy piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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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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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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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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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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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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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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