The essence of all slavery consists in taking the product of another's labor by force. It is immaterial whether this force be founded upon ownership of the slave or ownership of the money that he must get to live.

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

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Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

Woman, you see, is an object of such a kind that study it as much...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

War is so unjust and ugly that all who wage it must try to stifle...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not...

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are,...

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are,...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

It is true, I deny the incomprehensible Trinity, and the fable regarding the fall of...

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

A leader is the wave pushed ahead by the ship.

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness! A beautiful woman...

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Conceit is incompatible with understanding

Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister

Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is...

There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is...

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...

It is very, very easy not to be offended by a book. You just have...