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Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“Am I mad, to see what others do not see, or are they mad who are responsible for all that I am seeing?”

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This novel delves into the complexities of human existence, examining the possibility of rebirth and the quest for forgiveness and redemption. more

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Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer and thinker, a prominent representative of 19th-century Russian literature. His works deeply revealed social contradictions and human nature, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I would I could find in my heart that I had not a hard heart; for, truly, I love none. Beatrice: A dear happiness to women: they would else have been troubled with a pernicious suitor. I thank God and my cold blood, I am of your humour for that: I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me. -Much Ado About Nothing”

Men Heart Has Beens Hard Certain Blood Dog Humour Cold My Heart Dear Thank God Swear My Dog Courtesy Crow Bark Pernicious Suitors Benedick Turncoats

Book:William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

Source: William Shakespeare: The Complete Works

“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.”

Love Love You Traps Arrows Great Love Cupid

Book:The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., with Glossarial Notes and a Sketch of the Life of Shakespeare

Source: The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the Corrected Copy Left by the Late George Steevens, Esq., with Glossarial Notes and a Sketch of the Life of Shakespeare

“And therefore, — since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, — I am determined to prove a villain, And hate the idle pleasures of these days.”

Love Wells Hate Pleasure Lovers Prove Fairs Determined These Days Villain Idle Deformity I Am Determined

Author:William Shakespeare

“There's small choice in rotten apples.”

Choices Liberty Libertarian Apples Rotten Taming Taming Of The Shrew Shrews Rotten Apples

Author:William Shakespeare

“Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)”

Said Philosopher Absurd

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783”

Country Blind Gentleman Patriotism March Gray Permit Spectacles

Author:George Washington