Liev Tolstói: Frases em inglês
Liev Tolstói era escritor russo. Frases em inglês.Leo Tolstoy livro Guerra e Paz
Fonte: War and Peace
“But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.”
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Pt. VIII, ch. 13
Fonte: Anna Karenina (1875–1877; 1878)
Contexto: Reason has discovered the struggle for existence and the law that I must throttle all those who hinder the satisfaction of my desires. That is the deduction reason makes. But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable.
“If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.”
Leo Tolstoy livro Guerra e Paz
Fonte: War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Fonte: Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy livro Guerra e Paz
Book IV, ch. 11
War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Fonte: Anna Karenina
“He was afraid of defiling the love which filled his soul.”
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Fonte: Anna Karenina
“I simply want to live; to cause no evil to anyone but myself.”
Leo Tolstoy livro Guerra e Paz
Fonte: War and Peace
“Not one word, not one gesture of yours shall I, could I, ever forget…”
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Fonte: Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy livro Anna Karenina
Fonte: Anna Karenina
“Everything I know, I know because of love.”
Leo Tolstoy livro Guerra e Paz
Thoughts of Prince Andrew Bk XII, Ch. 16
Variante: All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.
Fonte: War and Peace (1865–1867; 1869)
Contexto: Love hinders death. Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.