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And you know, there's less charm in life when you think about death--but it's more peaceful.
Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy
Age: 82 †
Born: 1828
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: January 1
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And the light by which she had read the book filled with troubles, falsehoods, sorrow, and evil, flared up more brightly than ever before, lighted up for her all that had been in darkness, flickered, began to grow dim, and was quenched forever.
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Men are so accustomed to maintaining external order by violence that they cannot conceive of life being possible without violence.
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