To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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God is the same everywhere.
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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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Love those you hate you.
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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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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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