War and Peace

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Quotes from War and Peace

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"Love is the only real power in the world."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"The greatest courage is in accepting what we cannot change."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"To live is to change, and to change is to mature."
Pierre Bezukhov Change
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"We are all instruments in a grander design."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Philosophy
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"Life teaches us lessons that no book can teach."
Pierre Bezukhov Education
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"Truth is often hidden beneath layers of convention."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Truth
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"The soul grows through suffering."
Pierre Bezukhov Perseverance
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"Sorrow is the price of love."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"We live not by reason but by faith."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Faith
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"The present moment is the only reality."
Pierre Bezukhov Time
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"How strange and terrible is the human heart!"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Strength
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"The great secret of life is to know that which is eternal and unchanging."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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"Beauty lies in simplicity and harmony."
Natasha Rostova Beauty
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"A man is happy when he is truly free."
Pierre Bezukhov Happiness
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"Death is the only reality we know with certainty."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Death
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"In the chaos of battle, order emerges from surrender to necessity."
General Kutuzov War
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"Freedom is not given but taken."
Pierre Bezukhov Freedom
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"What matters is not the thing itself but the meaning we give it."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Philosophy
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"To love life is to love God."
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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"The French are defeated, but Russia is not conquered."
General Kutuzov Courage
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"Everything is a mystery to us, but this is not a mystery."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Faith
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"Man cannot alter circumstances, but he can alter himself."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"How can the commander-in-chief of the army be responsible for the thoughts of a man?"
General Kutuzov Leadership
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"Life is everything. Life is God. Everything changes and moves and that movement is God."
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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"All men are equal before death and before God"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Justice
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"To love another is to see the face of God"
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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"A life without purpose is a ship without a rudder"
Pierre Bezukhov Dreams
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but acting despite it"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"To understand others, one must first understand oneself"
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom