More from Leo Tolstoy

  1. In historical events great men - so-called - are but labels serving to give a name to the event, and like labels they have the least possib…
  2. A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally, both in mind and body, as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An E…
  3. You will die - and it will all be over. You will die and find out everything - or cease asking.
  4. Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.
  5. Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are int…
  6. The strongest of all warriors are these two - Time and Patience.
  7. Three days later the little princess was buried, and Prince Andrew went up the steps to where the coffin stood, to give her the farewell ki…
  8. At the approach of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal force in the heart of man: one very reasonably tells the man to…

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