The law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
LEO TOLSTOYIf you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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Life did not stop, and one had to live.
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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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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.
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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Debates conceal rather than reveal the truth. Truth is revealed in solitude.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
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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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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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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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Which is worse? the wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
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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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Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.
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