All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.
LEO TOLSTOYEverything intelligent is so boring.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation.
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One must be cunning and wicked in this world.
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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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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
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Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
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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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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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Every lie is a poison; there are no harmless lies. Only the truth is safe. Only the truth gives me consolation – it is the one unbreakable diamond.
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I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.
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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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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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