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“Et j'étais toujours seul, et j'avais toujours l'impression que la nature mystérieusement imposante, le cercle lumineux et attirant de la lune, qui s'était immobilisé, Dieu sait pourquoi, en un point indéfini et élevé de ce ciel bleu pâle, mais qui en même temps était partout et semblait remplir tout l'immense espace et moi, infime vermisseau déjà souillé de toutes les misérables et mesquines passions humaines, mais doué d'une faculté d'aimer illimitée et puissante, j'avais toujours l'impression à ces moments-là que la nature, la lune et moi, nous ne faisions qu'un.”

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Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

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Leo Tolstoy
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

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