What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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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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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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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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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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