I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
LEO TOLSTOYReal 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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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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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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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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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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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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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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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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