“The strongest of all warriors are these two—Time and Patience.”
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“Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.”
“He knew she was there by the joy and fear that overwhelmed his heart.”
“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”
“Learn what dwells in man, what is not given to man, and what men live by.”
“I have learnt that all men live not by care for themselves, but by love.”
“He who has love, is in God, and God is in him, for God is love.”
“Ivan Ilych's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible.”
“To be good and lead a good life means to give to others more than one takes from them.”
“By words one transmits thoughts to another, by means of art, one transmits feelings.”
“To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred.”
“The best definition of man is: a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful.”
“To be acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease.”
“Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends.”
“The formula "two plus two equals five" is not without its attractions.”
“Accept suffering and achieve atonement through it—that is what you must do.”
“Nothing in the world is harder than speaking the truth and nothing easier than flattery.”
“Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing.”
“Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.”
“A fool with a heart and no sense is just as unhappy as a fool with sense and no heart.”
“It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise!”