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.
LEO TOLSTOYIf 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.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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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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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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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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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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