Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOYI’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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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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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I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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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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