I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be.
LEO TOLSTOYThe more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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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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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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