Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Kings are the slaves of history.
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at 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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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