Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
LEO TOLSTOYIn the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Faith is the force of life.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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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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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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