Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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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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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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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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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If you want to be happy, be.
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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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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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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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