Dolly Oblonskaya

Character in Anna Karenina From: Anna Karenina

Stiva's wife, representing maternal wisdom and moral clarity

32 quotes

"We are all fools in love"
Love
"One should never trust appearances"
Wisdom
"To understand is to forgive"
"Forgiveness is divine, but it is also human"
"One can't live on love alone"
Life
"Time heals only those willing to be healed"
Time
"The chief thing is to be patient."
Patience
"One can't live only on love."
Relationships
"Love without respect is nothing."
Love
"Kindness costs nothing but means everything."
Kindness
"Money cannot buy what the heart desires."
Money
"Gratitude opens the heart to joy."
Gratitude
"Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women."
Relationships
"In every conceivable manner, the work of a woman is never done."
Work
"Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be."
Relationships
"Real life is not like books."
Life
"Suffering passes, but the pain of sorrow lives on."
"Adultery is not a sin against God; it is a sin against man."
"Love is not just a feeling. It is an art."
Love
"Society judges women far more harshly than men."
Justice
"Patience is a virtue few possess."
Patience
"Truth is often more painful than comfortable lies."
Truth
"True friendship transcends social boundaries."
Friendship
"One can love a human being with all one's heart while hating some of the things he does."
Relationships
"Patience is not the ability to wait, but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting."
Patience
"Forgiveness is not the absence of anger, but the presence of love."
Kindness
"Money cannot buy happiness, but it can buy freedom."
Money
"Hope is the last thing that dies in the human heart."
Hope
"It is difficult to be a widow and mother simultaneously."
Family
"What is the use of talking when words cannot convey what must be felt?"
Relationships