War and Peace

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Quotes from War and Peace

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"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"The future is uncertain; therefore, we must live as if every moment were our last."
Pierre Bezukhov Time
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"Forgiveness is not the absence of anger but the choice to love despite it."
Natasha Rostova Kindness
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"The fear that men have of death is often greater than death itself."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Fear
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"Humility is the greatest strength."
Pierre Bezukhov Strength
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"Life is the movement itself, not the goal nor the end."
Pierre Bezukhov Life
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"Death is neither evil nor good in itself. It is the manner of dying that is good or evil."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Death
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"The human heart desires the impossible."
Natasha Rostova Dreams
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"Beauty is terrible and awful because it's not comprehensible, and nothing ought to be incomprehensible in the world."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Beauty
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"A man can endure anything if he knows that his suffering has a meaning."
Pierre Bezukhov Perseverance
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"When one loves, one is capable of anything."
Natasha Rostova Love
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"All is for the best. Everything that happens is for the best."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Hope
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"To love life is to love God."
Pierre Bezukhov Faith
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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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"We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge
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"The measure of a man is what he does with his power."
Pierre Bezukhov Strength
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"Hope is the pillar that holds up the world."
Natasha Rostova Hope
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"The only true wisdom is acknowledging your ignorance."
Pierre Bezukhov Wisdom
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"Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
Pierre Bezukhov Kindness
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"Death is nothing. What is dreadful is dying with a divided will."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Death
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"Patience is a virtue that is often confused with weakness."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Patience
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"The strength of an army lies in the unity of its soldiers, not in their commander."
General Kutuzov Leadership
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something is more important than fear."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Courage
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"Everything in the world is relative, everything!"
Pierre Bezukhov Philosophy
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"To love is to suffer."
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky Love
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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose."
Pierre Bezukhov Freedom
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"The presence of vast numbers does not affect the course of events."
General Kutuzov War
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"A man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy."
Pierre Bezukhov Happiness
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"God is the same everywhere."
Natasha Rostova Faith
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"All we can know is that we know nothing, and that is the highest flight of human wisdom."
Pierre Bezukhov Knowledge