Eternity Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“But if you are alive—live: tomorrow you'll die as I might have died an hour ago. And is it worth tormenting oneself, when one has only a moment of life in comparison with eternity?” quote by Leo Tolstoy — Download Open image

““But if you are alive—live: tomorrow you'll die as I might have died an hour ago. And is it worth tormenting oneself, when one has only a moment of life in comparison with eternity?””

Leo Tolstoy

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