War and Peace

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Quotes from War and Peace

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"Great men are those who serve their time."
General Kutuzov Leadership
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the assessment that something is more important than fear."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"To love is to place our happiness in another's happiness."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"A person is happy when they find harmony between what they are and what they do."
Pierre Bezukhov Happiness
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"Happiness is found in fulfilling one's duty."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Happiness
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"I cannot tell you how important it is to move when others are still."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky
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"The most difficult thing is to begin."
General Kutuzov Courage
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"True love is when you recognize the other person's soul."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"The more we live by our intellect, the less we understand the meaning of life."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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"Men are not evil, they are simply asleep."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"What is power but the ability to do what one wishes?"
Napoleon Bonaparte Power
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"It is often better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness, though the results are much the same."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"Everything comes in time to those who wait."
Natasha Rostova Time
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"Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
Pierre Bezukhov Kindness
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"There is no greater power than the power of love."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"A man is always happy when he has a good wife."
Nikolai Rostov Family
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"When you love someone, you love the whole person, just as they are, not as you would like them to be."
Pierre Bezukhov Love
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"Love is a great beautifier."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"How can the spirit of a man be at peace if he knows he has done wrong?"
Pierre Bezukhov Peace
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"Everything comes in time to him who waits."
Pierre Bezukhov Patience
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"To ask oneself is the beginning of wisdom"
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"To live is to experience loss and to find meaning in that loss"
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"And suddenly the question presented itself whether it was right or wrong"
Pierre Bezukhov
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"A man who can overcome obstacles and fear is truly powerful"
General Kutuzov Courage
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"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love"
Pierre Bezukhov Love
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"We are asleep until we fall in love"
Natasha Rostova Love
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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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"A man is always happy so long as he chooses to be"
Pierre Bezukhov Happiness
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"Man in the abstract is free, but in reality he is not free"
Pierre Bezukhov Philosophy
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"Life teaches us that the greatest gifts are often disguised as hardships."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom