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.
LEO TOLSTOYLet us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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I often think that men don’t understand what is noble and what is ignorant, though they always talk about it.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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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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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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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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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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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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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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