León Tolstói: Frases en inglés (página 3)

León Tolstói era escritor ruso. Frases en inglés.
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“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”

Leo Tolstoy libro The Kreutzer Sonata

Variante: What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.
Fuente: The Kreutzer Sonata

“Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.”

Leo Tolstoy libro Ana Karenina

(voice of Anna) C. Garnett, trans. (New York: 2003), Part 7, Chapter 24 p. 685
Fuente: Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”

Leo Tolstoy libro Ana Karenina

Fuente: Anna Karenina

“If you want to be happy, be.”

As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 352; this statement appears in late 20th century inspirational books, but with no known citation to original material by Tolstoy.
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“Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.”

Leo Tolstoy libro A Confession

Fuente: A Confession

“Anything is better than lies and deceit!”

Leo Tolstoy libro Ana Karenina

Fuente: Anna Karenina

“If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war.”

Leo Tolstoy libro Guerra y paz

Fuente: War and Peace

“I always loved you, and if one loves anyone, one loves the whole person, just as they are and not as one would like them to be. -Dolly”

Leo Tolstoy libro Ana Karenina

Variante: When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be.
Fuente: Anna Karenina

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”

Leo Tolstoy libro Guerra y paz

Bk. X, ch. 16
Fuente: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)