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 TOLSTOYWhat counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.
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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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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.
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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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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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I’ve always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.
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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us – there is no life.
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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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