War and Peace

Book · 10 characters · 1014 quotes · 1864

Quotes from War and Peace

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"Life's purpose is discovered through service to others."
Pierre Bezukhov Motivation
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"Hope is the companion of the faithful."
Pierre Bezukhov Hope
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"The heart's desires are often wiser than the mind's calculations."
Natasha Rostova Wisdom
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"The seeds of wisdom must be cultivated in solitude."
Pierre Bezukhov Solitude
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"Freedom requires the courage to choose rightly."
Pierre Bezukhov Freedom
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"Distance does not diminish genuine affection."
Natasha Rostova Relationships
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"The greatest discovery is understanding oneself."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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"The human soul cannot help but seek meaning in existence."
Pierre Bezukhov Philosophy
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"One cannot love without hope or hope without love."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Pierre Bezukhov Kindness
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"True love understands all languages and speaks all tongues."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"A man is only truly alive when he believes in something greater than himself."
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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"One must have already suffered a great deal to know what one loves."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"The freedom that matters to us is not the freedom to do as we please, but the freedom to do what is right."
Pierre Bezukhov Freedom
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"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."
Pierre Bezukhov Life
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"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it."
General Kutuzov Leadership
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"Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"The pleasure of criticizing robs us of the pleasure of being moved by some quite fine things."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Beauty
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"Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions."
Natasha Rostova Gratitude
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"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."
General Kutuzov War
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"We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by drowning in our thoughts."
Pierre Bezukhov Solitude
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"The soul is healed by making others happy."
Natasha Rostova Happiness
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"Freedom is the right to live as we wish. Nothing else."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Freedom
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"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
Pierre Bezukhov Peace
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"No one is as wise as we would like to be."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Wisdom
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"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Natasha Rostova Kindness
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"We cannot change what we are, only what we do."
Pierre Bezukhov Change
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."
General Kutuzov Courage
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"A man's life is a terrible and astounding thing."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Life
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"Force is the rule of beasts; reason should govern men."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom