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Leo Tolstoy Biography

Leo Tolstoy, Novelist
Born asLev Nikolayevich Tolstoy
Occup.Novelist
FromRussia
BornSeptember 9, 1828
Yasnaya Polyana, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 20, 1910
Astapovo, Russian Empire
Aged82 years
As an author, Tolstoy widely identified as one of the greatest authors, in particular, he is known for his masterpieces War as well as Tranquility (1865-1869) and also Anna Karenina (1875-77). In their range, breadth as well as practical depiction of Russian life in the 19th century, both stories considered the foremost of sensible fiction. As an ethical thinker Tolstoy was understood for his suggestions on pacifist resistance, which affected the numbers of the 20th century, such as Mahatma Gandhi and .

Our collection contains 36 quotes who is written / told by Leo, under the main topics: Change - Music - Food - Patriotism.

Related authors: Mahatma Gandhi (Leader), Lukas Haas (Actor), Edith Wharton (Author)

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36 Famous quotes by Leo Tolstoy

Small: Music is the shorthand of emotion
"Music is the shorthand of emotion"
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Small: All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
"All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
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Small: The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits it thereby justifi
"The law condemns and punishes only actions within certain definite and narrow limits; it thereby justifies, in a way, all similar actions that lie outside those limits"
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Small: One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken
"One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken"
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Small: Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal
"Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal"
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Small: The two most powerful warriors are patience and time
"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time"
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Small: If you want to be happy, be
"If you want to be happy, be"
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Small: I sit on a mans back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am v
"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back"
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Small: Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself
"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself"
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Small: Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six
"Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six"
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Small: Boredom: the desire for desires
"Boredom: the desire for desires"
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Small: He never chooses an opinion he just wears whatever happens to be in style
"He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style"
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Small: All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love
"All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love"
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Small: Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhi
"Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself"
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Small: The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering
"The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded"
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Small: The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approb
"The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God"
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Small: True life is lived when tiny changes occur
"True life is lived when tiny changes occur"
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Small: Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible
"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible"
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Small: It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness
"It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness"
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Small: In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you
"In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you"
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Small: In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, indepen
"In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful"
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Small: Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic,
"Man lives consciously for himself, but is an unconscious instrument in the attainment of the historic, universal, aims of humanity"
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Small: Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, every
"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source"
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Small: A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food therefore, if he eats meat, he participa
"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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Small: The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demand
"The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life"
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Small: All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what the
"All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do"
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Small: Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us
"Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us"
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Small: Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues t
"Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on. It is the force whereby we live"
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Small: Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced
"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced"
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Small: And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that
"And all people live, Not by reason of any care they have for themselves, But by the love for them that is in other people"
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Small: Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them
"Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them"
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Small: War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themse
"War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle the voice of conscience within themselves"
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Small: To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying o
"To say that a work of art is good, but incomprehensible to the majority of men, is the same as saying of some kind of food that it is very good but that most people can't eat it"
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Small: War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right
"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it"
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Small: If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once sho
"If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state"
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Small: If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love
"If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love"
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