To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you want to be happy, be.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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Real 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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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.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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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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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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God is the same everywhere.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand.
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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