Sometimes she did not know what she feared, what she desired: whether she feared or desired what had been or what would be, and precisely what she desired, she did not know.
LEO TOLSTOYA man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.
More Leo Tolstoy Quotes
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Boredom: the desire for desires.
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Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind.
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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 everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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Rest, nature, books, music – such is my idea of happiness.
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If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.
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True life is lived when tiny changes occur.
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
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If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.
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Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
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To tell the truth is very difficult, and young people are rarely capable of it.
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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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My principal sin is doubt. I doubt everything, and am in doubt most of the time.
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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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