Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
LEO TOLSTOYIt is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.
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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
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It’s all God’s will: you can die in your sleep, and God can spare you in battle.
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Everything intelligent is so boring.
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All the variety, all the charm, all the beauty of life is made up of light and shadow.
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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.
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The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
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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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If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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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.
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A man on a thousand mile walk has to forget his goal and say to himself every morning, ‘Today I’m going to cover twenty-five miles and then rest up and sleep.
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Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.
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