Kings are the slaves of history.
LEO TOLSTOYIt’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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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.
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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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