“What energy!' I thought. 'Man has conquered everything, and destroyed millions of plants, yet this one won't submit.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“Peluru, kamu panas, dan kamu membawa kematian, tetapi bukankah kamu abdiku yang setia? Tanah hitam, kamu akan menyelimutiku, tetapi bukankah aku menginjakmu dengan kudaku? Kamu, maut, kamu dingin, tetapi akulah tuanmu.Tanah akan mengambil tubuhku, langit akan mengambil jiwaku.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“He had great faith in his own fortune. When planning anything he always felt in advance firmly convinced of success and fate smiled to him.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“It is in the mountains that the eagles dwell”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“Where the legs have gone the hind legs must follow”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“Decision it was only necessary for him to concentrate his attention for a few moments and the spirit moved him, and the best possible decision presented itself as though an inner voice had told him what to do.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“All this was as it should be, because welfare and happiness of the world depended on him, and wearied though he was he would still not refuse universe the assistence.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“Desapareció la luna y empezó a clarear el día. Habían terminado ya la primera tanda cuando el hijo mayor, Akim, en pelliza corta y gorro, se acercó a los que trabajaban.
-¡Tú sí que te lo tomas con calma! -le gritó el padre, dejando de golpear y apoyándose en el mayal.
-Tenía que atender a los caballos.
-¡Atender a los caballos! -dijo el padre remedándole- La vieja cuidará de eso. Tú coge un mayal. Te estás poniendo demasiado gordo. ¡Borrachín!
-¿Eres tú el que me pagas la bebida? -gruñó el hijo.
-¿Qué? -dijo el padre, frunciendo el ceño y blandiendo el mayal con aire de amenaza.
El hijo, sin decir palabra, cogió el mayal y la faena se reanudó.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“to the foe in the field you need not yield" ”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“The dog gave the meat to the ass and the ass gave hay to the dog and both went hungry”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“I threw it away feeling sorry to have vainly destroyed a flower that looked beautiful in its proper place. How many different plant lives man destroys to support his own existence.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“He was in a full possession of facile, refined and agreeable intellect which he used to maintain his power and strengthen and increase his popularity.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“It was futile class of people who discussed not merely science and poetry but even the ways of governing men”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“How many different plant-lives man destroys to support his own existence - I thought!”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“Веревка хороша длинная, а речь короткая.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“In the service, especially in the complicated situation such as this, it is difficult not to say impossible, to follow any one straight path without risking mistakes and without accepting
responsibility, but once a path seems to be the right one I must follow it, happen what may.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
“No one spoke of hatred of the Russians. the feeling experienced by all the Chechens, from the youngest to the oldest, was stronger than hate. It was not hatred, for they did not regard those Russian dogs as human beings, but it was such repulsion, disgust, and perplexity at the senseless cruelty of these creatures, that the desire to exterminate them — like the desire to exterminate rats, poisonous spiders, or wolves — was as natural an instinct as that of self-preservation.”
― Leo Tolstoy, quote from Hadji Murad
Leo Tolstoy
Born place: in Yasnaya Polyana, Tula, Russian Empire
Born date September 9, 1828
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“Being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident and charismatic around others. The pain of honest confrontation is what generates the greatest trust and respect in your relationships. Suffering through your fears and anxieties is what allows you to build courage and perseverance. Seriously,”
― Mark Manson, quote from The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“Shirley's gonna be pissed," Gazarra said. "She hates when I get shot." To my recollection, the only other time Gazarra was shot was when he was playing quick draw in the police station elevator and his gun accidentally discharged. The bullet ricocheted off the elevator wall and lodged in Gazarra's right buttock.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Ten Big Ones
“An American, a soldier of fortune by profession. Wherever there is trouble in the world the Dwights of all nations foregather. There are not very many of them, thirty or forty perhaps, and they are all supremely competent men because the others have been killed.”
― Nevil Shute, quote from Round the Bend
“Funny how a little politeness can change people's minds.”
― Sherman Alexie, quote from Flight
“God's will usually seemed to coincide with her father's, and against this partnership there was no hope of appeal.”
― Anya Seton, quote from Dragonwyck
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