Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
LEO TOLSTOYKings are the slaves of history.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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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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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Music is the shorthand of emotion.
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He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.
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Whatever our fate is or may be, we have made it and do not complain of it.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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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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Happiness is in your ability to love others.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Every heart has its own skeletons.
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To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
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When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you’d like them to be.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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