All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
LEO TOLSTOYLove alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
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He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.
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Each person’s task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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If you want to be happy, try only to please God, not people.
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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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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Spring is the time of plans and projects.
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It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.
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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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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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