Quote by Leon Trotsky
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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky

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There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances. – Leon Trotsky

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