Anna-karenina Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

“My writing is like those little carved baskets made in prisons…”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Blessed are the peacemakers; theirs is the kingdom of heaven”

— Leo Tolstoy

“But that's the whole aim of civilization: to make everything a source of enjoyment.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“I think that to find out what love is really like, one must first make a mistake and then put it right.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“The aim of civilization is to enable us to get enjoyment out of everything.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“intriguing people have to invent a noxious, dangerous party...”

— leo tolstoy

“Everything was made bright by her. She was the smile that shed light all around her.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Just think! This whole world of ours is only a speck of mildew sprung up on a tiny planet, yet we think…

— Leo Tolstoy

“That’s my one desire, to be caught," answered Vronsky, with his serene, good-humored smile. "If I complain of anything it’s only that…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Our life has been joined, not by man, but by God. That union can only be severed by a crime, and a…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Todas as mulheres são mais materialistas do que os homens. Nós fazemos do amor algo enorme, mas elas sempre se mantém ‘terre-à-terre’.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“Yes, I suppose so," answered Anna, as though wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her…

— Leo Tolstoy

“They haven’t an idea what happiness is; they don’t know that without our love, for us there is neither happiness nor unhappiness—no…

— Leo Tolstoy

“He [Vronsky] himself felt that, except that crazy fellow married to Kitty Shcherbatsky, who, quite irrelevantly had with rabid virulence told him…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Levin tried to drink a little coffee, and put a piece of roll into his mouth, but his mouth could do nothing…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I think love, both kinds of love, which you remember Plato defines in his "Symposium" - both kinds of love serve a…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Sou amigo da divisão do trabalho. Pessoas que não fazem nada devem fazer pessoas, enquanto as demais devem contribuir para a instrução…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Lord have mercy! Pardon and help us!" he repeated the words that suddenly and unexpectedly sprang to his lips. And he, an…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Anna had been preparing herself for this meeting, had thought what she would say to him, but she did not succeed in…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I’ve never seen exquisite fallen beings, and I never shall see them, but such creatures as that painted Frenchwoman at the counter…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I didn’t know you were going. What are you coming for?" she said, letting fall the hand with which she had grasped…

— Leo Tolstoy

“He understood that feeling of Levin's so well, knew that for Levin all the girls in the world were divided into two…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I see that my presence is burdensome to you. Painful as it was for me to become convinced of it, I see…

— Leo Tolstoy

“In my considered opinion, salary is payment for goods delivered and it must conform to the law of supply and demand. If,…

— Leo Tolstoy

“What is the matter with you?" asked Shcherbatsky. "Nothing much, but there is little to be happy about in this world." "Little?…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The acquisition by dishonest means and cunning,' said Levin, feeling that he was incapable of clearly defining the borderline between honesty and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“With 6 children Darya Alexandrovna could not be calm. One got sick, another might get sick, a third lacked something, a fourth…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If he had a reason for preferring Liberalism to the Conservatism of many in his set, it was not that he considered…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Besides, Oblonsky was fond of a pleasant joke, and sometimes liked to perplex a simple-minded man by observing that if you're going…

— Leo Tolstoy

“I've always loved you, and when you love someone, you love the whole person, just as he or she is, and not…

— Leo Tolstoy