We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
LEO TOLSTOYDebates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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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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God is the same everywhere.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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Art lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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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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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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