I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
LEO TOLSTOYArt lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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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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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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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.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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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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