Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOYI’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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