What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
LEO TOLSTOYI’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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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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You can love a person dear to you with a human love, but an enemy can only be loved with divine love.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
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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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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in 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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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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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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Grow spiritually and help others to do so. It is the meaning of life.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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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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In the midst of winter, I find within me the invisible summer.
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