Lev Nyikolajevics Tolsztoj: Idézetek angolul (oldal 3)

Idézetek angolul.
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“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv The Kreutzer Sonata

Változat: What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Forrás: The Kreutzer Sonata

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv Anna Karenina

(voice of Anna) C. Garnett, trans. (New York: 2003), Part 7, Chapter 24 p. 685
Forrás: Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv Anna Karenina

Forrás: Anna Karenina

“If you want to be happy, be.”

As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 352; this statement appears in late 20th century inspirational books, but with no known citation to original material by Tolstoy.
Disputed

“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv A Confession

Forrás: A Confession

“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”

Leo Tolstoy könyv Anna Karenina

Forrás: Anna Karenina

“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv War and Peace

Forrás: War and Peace

“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly”

Leo Tolstoy könyv Anna Karenina

Változat: When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
Forrás: Anna Karenina

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”

Leo Tolstoy könyv War and Peace

Bk. X, ch. 16
Forrás: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)