All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
LEO TOLSTOYTo tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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We are asleep until we fall in Love!
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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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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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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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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Love those you hate you.
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