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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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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The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them.
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Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much as you will, it is always quite new.
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The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people.
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The kinder and more intelligent a person is, the more kindness he can find in other people. Kindness enriches our life; with kindness mysterious things become clear, difficult things become easy and dull things become cheerful.
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Each time of life has its own kind of love.
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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.
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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
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The more is given the less people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase