Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Leo Tolstoy
Russian writer
Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, he lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries and is known in English as Leo Tolstoy. He is regarded as one of the most influential authors of all time. His work has shaped later literature and readers continue to return to his writing for its scope and force.
More from Leo Tolstoy (316 quotes) →Keep reading Leo Tolstoy
- “Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.”Leo Tolstoy
- “I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of lov…”Leo Tolstoy
- “He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.”Leo Tolstoy
- “We lost because we told ourselves we lost.”Leo Tolstoy
Explore Truth
- “Never trust a mirror,' his mother had told him. 'They never tell the truth unless you make them.”Isobelle Carmody
- “Does it matter whether it was a dream or a reality, if the dream made known to me the truth?”Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- “If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20…”Noam Chomsky