Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
LEO TOLSTOYHe was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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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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I’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.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
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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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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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