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Leo Tolstoy22 quotes
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877"What's this? am I falling? my legs are giving way under me," he thought, and fell on his back. He opened his eyes, hoping to see how the struggle of the French soldiers with the artilleryman was ending, and eager to know whether the red-haired artilleryman was killed or not, whether the cannons had been taken or saved. But he saw nothing of all that, Above him there was nothing but the sky-the lofty sky, not clear, but still immeasurably lofty, with gray clouds creeping quietly over it. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen. — Leo Tolstoy · 1897The strongest of all warriors are these two-Time and Patience. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. — Leo Tolstoy · 1877The subject of history is the life of peoples and of humanity. To catch and pin down in words-that is, to describe directly the life, not only of humanity, but even of a single people, appears to be impossible. — Leo Tolstoy · 1869All 22 quotes →