Anna Karenina

"To wish to be other than what one is, is to waste one's existence."

"Our virtue is only the lesser of two vices."

"The presence of true love makes all things possible."

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom."

"Memory selects only the extraordinary moments, which it magnifies."

"Work and love; these are the only two realities in the world."

"One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad."

"The freedom that consists in doing what you want is not worth having."

"Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"What we have, we do not prize; we prize what we have not."

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."

"There is something about the presence of a cat that calms us down."

"In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

"The moment of forgiveness is the moment of the highest human capacity."

"We are deceived at every turn by the принцип of contradictions inherent in all things."

"When one is unhappy one pays attention to every detail of the misery."

"Pride is increased by ignorance; those assume the most who know the least."

"The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but a deed may be done only for God."

"Happiness does not depend upon a full purse, but upon a contented mind."

"You can't live only for yourself; the world is waiting for your service."

"It is impossible to love a wife 'in the old way', if one has been deceived by her."

"The heart wants what it wants."

"Love is a great beautifier."

"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then the possibility of life is destroyed."

"All the variety, all the charm, and all the beauty of life is made up of light and shade."

"Money is a new form of slavery, and it differs from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal."

"I simply feel that deception of any kind is a form of death."

"The man who commits a sin is not lost; the man who glories in it is."

"It is often said that man is ruled by his passions, but it would be truer to say that he is ruled by his interests."

"She had sacrificed her soul for a moment of ecstasy"