The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
LEO TOLSTOYA 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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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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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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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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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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I’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.
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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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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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