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Just as a painter needs light in order to put the finishing touches to his picture, so I need an inner light, which I feel I never have enough of in t...more

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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if they hadn’t both been pretending, but had had what is called a heart-to-heart talk, that is, simply told each other just what they were thinking an...more

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And not only the pride of intellect, but the stupidity of intellect. And, above all, the dishonesty, yes, the dishonesty of intellect. Yes, indeed, th...more

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The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was ...more

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I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not as you would like them to be.

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He stepped down, avoiding any long look at her as one avoids long looks at the sun, but seeing her as one sees the sun, without looking.

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In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of supply and demand. If, therefore, the fixed salary i...more

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I often think with regret of that fresh, beautiful feeling of boundless, disinterested love which came to an end without having ever found self-expres...more

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Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delig...more

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Will the freshness, lightheartedness, the need for love, and strength of faith which you have in childhood ever return? What better time than when the...more

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what time can be more beautiful than the one in which the finest virtues, innocent cheerfulness and indefinable longing for love constitute the sole m...more

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...And there really are men who believe in this, who spend their time in promoting Leagues of Peace, in delivering addresses, and in writing books; an...more

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Sitting in his old schoolroom on the sofa with little cushions on the arms and looking into Natasha's wildly eager eyes, Rostov was carried back into ...more