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Leo Tolstoy

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.

Leo Tolstoy

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In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Leo Tolstoy

genius leo tolstoy

A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbor — such is my idea of happiness.

Leo Tolstoy

genius leo tolstoy

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

Leo Tolstoy

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Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?

Leo Tolstoy

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If you want to be happy, be.

Leo Tolstoy

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Spring is the time of plans and projects.

Leo Tolstoy

genius leo tolstoy

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.

Leo Tolstoy

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If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.

Leo Tolstoy

genius leo tolstoy

We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

Leo Tolstoy

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Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

Leo Tolstoy

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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.

Leo Tolstoy

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If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Leo Tolstoy

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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy

genius leo tolstoy

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Leo Tolstoy