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.
LEO TOLSTOYKings are the slaves of history.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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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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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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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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Love those you hate you.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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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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