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
- “The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”Leo Tolstoy
- “Life meanwhile, the actual life of men with their real interests of health and sickness, labour and rest, wit…”Leo Tolstoy
- “All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do n…”Leo Tolstoy
- “He suffered from an unlucky faculty—common to many men, especially Russians—the faculty of seeing and believi…”Leo Tolstoy
Explore Despair
- “Unhappy people do the oddest, most terrible things, just trying to keep despair at bay. All you have to do is…”Geraldine McCaughrean
- “Stand up comedy is an odd way to make a living, one that is regularly tinged with both triumph and despair.”Paul Sinha
- “The deepest wounds of the soul are healed only by compassion... People do not merely need to be clothed, they…”Jocelyn Soriano