Life did not stop, and one had to live.
LEO TOLSTOYEvery 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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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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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
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