--- title: "1 Little hands Quotes By Tolstoy" description: "1 Little hands quotes by Tolstoy. Plus more from Tolstoy and more Little hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/tolstoy-36709_books_anna-arkadyevna-read-and-understood-but_2116496.jpg" --- > [“Anna Arkadyevna read and understood, but it was distasteful to her to read, that is, to follow the reflection of other people’s lives. She had too great a desire to live herself. If she read that the heroine of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tolstoy/anna-arkadyevna-read-and-understood-but-it-was-distasteful-to-her-to/) [Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/tolstoy-36709_books_anna-arkadyevna-read-and-understood-but_2116496.jpg) ## More by Tolstoy > [Behavior is the real certificate. 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She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tolstoy/anna-arkadyevna-read-and-understood-but-it-was-distasteful-to-her-to/) [Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tolstoy/) > [“But any acquisition that doesn't correspond to the labour expended is dishonest”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tolstoy/but-any-acquisition-that-doesn-t-correspond-to-the-labour-expended-is/) [Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tolstoy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-hands/tolstoy/#itemlist", "name": "1 Little hands Quotes By Tolstoy", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Anna Arkadyevna read and understood, but it was distasteful to her to read, that is, to follow the reflection of other people’s lives. She had too great a desire to live herself. 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