War and Peace

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Quotes from War and Peace

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"The only true knowledge is in knowing you know nothing."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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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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"Everything is terrible, yet everything is the same."
Pierre Bezukhov Philosophy
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"The beauty of nature surpasses all human art"
Natasha Rostova Nature
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"The greatest freedom is the freedom of thought"
Pierre Bezukhov Freedom
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"The soul is eternal and beautiful"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Faith
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"A man must live, not merely exist"
Pierre Bezukhov Life
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"Knowledge alone is not happiness"
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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"Death is not an evil, because it is universal"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Death
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"A man is truly alive only when he is struggling for a purpose"
Pierre Bezukhov Motivation
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"Solitude in the country keeps us calm and happy"
Natasha Rostova Solitude
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"The most remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is quite good"
Pierre Bezukhov Literature
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"All that is important lies outside the sphere of our reason"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Philosophy
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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy"
Pierre Bezukhov Happiness
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"We Russians are a strange people in this respect"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Truth
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"To love life is to love God"
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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"Everything comes in time to those who know how to wait"
General Kutuzov Patience
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"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced"
Natasha Rostova Art
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"Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women"
Pierre Bezukhov Relationships
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"Life is neither good nor bad, it simply is what we make of it"
Pierre Bezukhov Life
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"Love is the only reality and it is not a sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation."
Pierre Bezukhov 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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"Passion is the only authentic response to life."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Inspiration
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"A man is what his thoughts make him."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"What is the use of my life if I am to be judged like all other men?"
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Leadership
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"Wisdom consists in not pushing against fate."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Wisdom
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"Wars are not decided by the arrangements of generals, but by something else."
General Kutuzov War
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"To love a person is to see them as God intended them to be."
Pierre Bezukhov Love
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"One must trust in something, or life becomes impossible."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Hope
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"I have learned that we must love life more than the meaning of life."
Pierre Bezukhov Life