"War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it."
― Leo Tolstoy
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Love
More From Leo Tolstoy
- "The greater the state, the more wrong and cruel its patriotism, and the greater is the sum of suffering upon which its power is founded."
- "A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite."
- "Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six."
More In Love
- "The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love."― Niccolo Machiavelli
- "We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."― Jonathan Swift
- "To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun."― Robert Burton