Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
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Leo Tolstoy quotes & passages
3 passages by Leo Tolstoy, from Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy died in 1910, so the words are in the public domain; the English translation by Constance Garnett, Louise and Aylmer Maude is too. Every passage is copied word for word from the Project Gutenberg text.
All we can know is that we know nothing. And that’s the height of human wisdom.
Leo TolstoyWar and Peace, 1869 · Chapter I
Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1923)
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Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1923)
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It is not difficult to capture a fortress but it is difficult to win a campaign. For that, not storming and attacking but patience and time are wanted.
Leo TolstoyWar and Peace, 1869 · Chapter XVI
Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1923)
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Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude (1923)
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