Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; 9 September 1828 – 20 November 1910), usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who is regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 August 1828
CountryRussian Federation
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All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
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Happy people have no history.
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The only happy marriages I know are arranged ones.
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Seize the moment of happiness... love and be loved.
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If you want to be happy, just be.
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... in marriage the great thing was love, and that with love one would always be happy, for happiness rests only on oneself.
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If you want to be happy, be happy.
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If you want to be happy, be.
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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writing than to put one principle into practice
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I am convinced that the teaching of the church is in theory a crafty and evil lie, and in practice a concoction of gross superstition and witchcraft
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What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman utters absurdities: we listen, and we hear not the absurdities but wise thoughts
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The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
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It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of man, which is absurd in our day. It is true, I deny the sacrilegious story of a God born of a virgin to redeem the race.
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The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.