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.
LEO TOLSTOYTrue life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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If you love me as you say you do, she whispered, ‘make it so that I am at peace.
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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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Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life.
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Great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.
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Everything I know, I know because of love.
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Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.
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All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
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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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Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.
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Be bad, but at least don’t be a liar, a deceiver!
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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The Kingdom of God is Within You.
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