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.
LEO TOLSTOYBe bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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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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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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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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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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I’m like a starving man who has been given food. Maybe he’s cold, and his clothes are torn, and he’s ashamed, but he’s not unhappy.
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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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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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Human science fragments everything in order to understand it, kills everything in order to examine it.
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