It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOYArt lifts man from his personal life into the universal life.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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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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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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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If you’re not enjoying your work, you should either change your attitude, or change your job.
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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
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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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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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My piece of bread only belongs to me when I know that everyone else has a share, and that no one starves while I eat.
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