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Best Quotes by Leo Tolstoy
- The best method for a given teacher is the one which is most familiar to the teacher.
- It would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad and harmful, and as a doctrine is stupid. For it is clear that…
- The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the…
- The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as…
- And whatever people might say about the time having come when young people must arrange their future for themselves, she could not believe it any…
- The best thoughts most often come in the morning after waking, while still in bed or while walking.
- All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy.
- Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until…
- In the best, the friendliest and simplest relations flattery or praise is necessary, just as grease is necessary to keep wheels turning.
- The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.
- Then he thought himself unhappy, but happiness was all in the future; now he felt that the best happiness was already in the past.
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- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
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- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
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