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No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit

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Leo Tolstoy
Age: 82 †
Born: 1828
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: January 1
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Quos vilt perdere dementat' Whome the gods wish to destroy, they first drive made (Latin).
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When Levin thought what he was and what he was living for, he could find no answer to the questions and was reduced to despair but when he left off questioning himself about it, it seemed as though he knew both what he was and what he was living for, acting and living resolutely and without hesitation.
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